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From Ferdinand von Mueller to Leonard Rodway   22 Dec 1892

22/12/92

The Coprosma, sent by you, dear Mr Rodway,1 is C. Petriei, Cheeseman, which I showed some time ago from specimens, sent by Mr T. B. Moore from Mt Tyndall,2 to extend from N.Z. to Tasmania.3 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.4

With best festive salutation your

Ferd. von Mueller

Have you lately heard from Mr Moore and Mr Fitzgerald? I have not5.

Coprosma Petriei

Nertera

1

See L. Rodway to M, 19 December 1892.

2

Tas.

3

B92.06.02, p. 14. See also Rodway (1894), p. 179.

4

B75.12.01, p.186.

5

Presumably Thomas Bather Moore and William Fitzgerald.

Please cite as “FVM-92-12-22a,” 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 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/vonmueller/letters/92-12-22a