The correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller: 27/12/66 ¶ ¶ This day, dear Prof. Balfour, I receive with the arrival of the Great Britain bill of loading of the case with plants you so kindly sent. I shall not receive it before the mail closes, b...

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Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, J. H. Balfour correspondence, vol. X, f. 271. 66.12.27a

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Cordyline
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Dracaena draco
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Mesembryanthemum geminatum
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Mesembryanthemum tegens
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Ferdinand von Mueller to John Balfour, 1866-12-27 [66.12.27a]. 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/66-12-27a>, accessed April 20, 2025

27/12/66

This day, dear Prof. Balfour, I receive with the arrival of the Great Britain bill of loading of the case with plants you so kindly sent. I shall not receive it before the mail closes, but meanwhile give you my cordial thanks for your libera[l] goodness.

The Mesembryanthemum which safely reached you I have described a few months ago as M. tegens.

B66.10.01, p. 157.

It covers immense patches of low flats with an uninterrupted carpet & I use it for edging[s]. It comes near some Cape species & has the flowers (staminodia &c) almost of M. geminatum. I restrict Dracaena to D. draco & any species with horny albumen & short embryo & include in all the species with oily amygdaline albumen & long embryo.

My fifth volume of fragmenta will reach you in a few weeks.

Your ever regardful & grateful

Ferd. Mueller