May 22, 1883
My Dear Baron.
I acknowledge with thanks the receipt of:–
1) Reprint Diagnosis of Eriochlamys Knappii1
2) Specimens of the plant & accompanying letter2
3) Letter enclosing samples of Calocephalus Drummondii3
The latter plant is not new to me though its name is; it has, with us, been called Gnephosis Skirrophora. I enclose a South Australian example. I know it from several stations near Adelaide; and east side of Lake Alexandrina. I have critically examined a specimen from each of my localities, & find them to agree in the plumose pappus as in the W. Aust. samples.4
By parcel post I send you a small collection of plants, most of which I want your opinion upon them; the number is small so that I venture to hope to have an early reply from you
The Pultenaea, of which I send you some old pods, is as far as I can judge from descriptions a new species. I have prepared a detailed description of it, and suggest the name graveolens, as it possesses a most offensive odour. It forms extensive thickets on the dry hill sides about Uraidla,5 & exhales an over powering scent during calm, sunny weather
Yrs very truly
Ralph Tate
Calocephalus Drummondii
Eriochlamys Knappii
Gnephosis Skirrophora
Pultenaea
The reprint was of B83.05.02. Specimens at Kew (K 901837) and Melbourne (MEL 543278) are also accompanied by copies of this paper.
M to R. Tate, 13 May 1883 (in this edition as 83-05-13a).
M to R. Tate, 16 May 1883 (in this edition as 83-05-16a).
M, in (B89.12.03), pp. 139, 140, and Tate (1890), pp. 128, 129 each recognise both Gnephosis and Calocephalus as distinct genera.
Mt Lofty Ranges, SA.
MS found with a specimen of Pultenaea graveolens (MEL 35146); MS annotation by M: 'Answ 25/5/83'. The species was described in Tate (1885), p. 68. The sheet contains specimens collected from the same broad locality at different times, each with a label by Tate. The October 1880 label has no name, but the February 1883 collection is labelled 'Pultenaea graveolens | Fv. M & Tate | …'. However, consistent with Tate's comment in R. Tate to M, 6 May 1884, when published it was under Tate's authority alone.
Please cite as “FVM-83-05-22a,” in Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller, edited by R.W. Home, Thomas A. Darragh, A.M. Lucas, Sara Maroske, D.M. Sinkora†, J.H. Voigt† and Monika Wells accessed on