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RB MSS M17, Library, Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne. 91.12.02

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Preferred Citation:

Leonard Rodway to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1891-12-02. R.W. Home, Thomas A. Darragh, A.M. Lucas, Sara Maroske, D.M. Sinkora, J.H. Voigt and Monika Wells (eds), Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller, <https://vmcp.rbg.vic.gov.au/id//letters/1890-6/1891/91-12-02-final.odt>, accessed June 4, 2026

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MS annotation by M: 'Answ 9/12/91. FvM'. Letter not found.
Hobart,
Dec 2nd /91.
Dear Baron,
Very many thanks for your assistance.
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Letter not found.
Having no local herbarium one is more dependant on your kindness than would otherwise be the case.
The specimen of
Veronica serpillifolia

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Verronica serpyllifolia?
was found by Wm Fitzgerald on the west coast & was far enough from other aliens to lead him to infer it indigenous. I have since found it on Mt. Wellington
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Tas.
more or less associated with what I have always taken to be V. perigrina
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V. peregrina?
I enclose a specimen. Am I correct.
The peculiar fruiting of the specimen of
Polypodium Australe

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entirely misled me. The sori in the young fronds commence in two lines parallel to midrib & margin & the margin is somewhat contracted towards them.
I always look out for
Lemnaceae

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& other water plants for you but have little opportunity & as yet have been very unsuccessful I enclose a water weed but I fear it is but an alga. It is from a stream near Langley. Also a dwarf rush somewhat near
Juncus capillaceus

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but I cannot conclude it is that species. While I am about it I enclose two specimens of grass I take to be extreme varieties of
Poa australis

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am I right. The foliage in both is similar inc[…]
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incurved? word partly illegible.
margins, setaceous.
I also enclose what I take to be
Pomaderris racemosa

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. I am not aware it has been found in the southern part of the Island before Also a specimen of
Melaleuca squamea

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with unusually large petals, leaves with indistinct veins that are often five in number.
Trusting I am not trespassing too much on your valuable time, believe me
Yours Faithfully
L Rodway
P.S. I notice
Thismia

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is just coming above the ground. Shall I place some plants in spirit for your reference when you come over?
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M visited Tas for the meeting of the Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science in January 1892.
L.R.