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RBG Kew, Kew correspondence, Australia, Mueller, 1891-6, f. 45. 93.04.18a
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Antidesma
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Ferdinand von Mueller to William Thiselton-Dyer, 1893-04-18 [93.04.18a]. 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/1890-6/1893/93-04-18a-final.odt>, accessed June 4, 2026
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Date stamped Royal Gardens Kew 23. May. 93.; annotated in black ink by W. Watson: 266/1893 (i.e. register number in Kew Inwards Book of specimens received); in red ink by ?W. Hemsley ackd 27.5.93;
and in black ink by [?J. Jackson] Thanks herewith 84/1893 [JRJ] 24/5/93 (letters not found).
The enclosed fruits of
, dear Dr Dyer, may prove acceptable to the economic-section of the Kew-Museum, especially
so, as very few euphorbiaceous plants can be turned as regards their
fruits
to any nutriment.
Perhaps you might like to raise the plant also for the Conservatory, it being of
some particular interest The species name will be supplied, so soon as flowering samples
can be obtained.
Antidesma
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The specimen is in the Economic Botany Collection at Kew, catalogue number 43832,
entry book number 84.1893.
With best regards your
Ferd. von Mueller.