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RS22/13(2) Rodway notes, Royal Society of Tasmania archives, University of Tasmania, Hobart. 92.12.22a

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Ferdinand von Mueller to Leonard Rodway, 1892-12-22 [92.12.22a]. 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/1890-6/1892/92-12-22a-final.odt>, accessed June 13, 2026

22/12/92
The Coprosma, sent by you, dear Mr Rodway,
1
See L. Rodway to M, 19 December 1892.
is C. Petriei, Cheeseman, which I showed some time ago from specimens, sent by Mr T. B. Moore from Mt Tyndall,
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Tas.
to extend from N.Z. to Tasmania.
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B92.06.02, p. 14. See also Rodway (1894), p. 179.
It is one of the very few blue-fruited species of this genus; and your observations on the bisexuality of the flowers prove furthermore the correctness of my view in uniting Nertera with Coprosma into one genus.
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B75.12.01, p.186.
With best festive salutation your
Ferd. von Mueller
Have you lately heard from Mr Moore and Mr Fitzgerald? I have not
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Presumably Thomas Bather Moore and William Fitzgerald.
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Coprosma Petriei
Nertera