The correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller: Melbourne ¶ bot Garden ¶ 24/4/72 ¶ ¶ Within the last few days, dear Dr Hooker, I received from the Museum of Wellington ¶ for naming a set of the plants lately collected by Mr Travers (jun) in the C...

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RBG Kew, Kew Correspondence, Australia, Mueller, 1871-81, f. 39. 72.04.24a

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Ferdinand von Mueller to Joseph Hooker, 1872-04-24 [72.04.24a]. 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/72-04-24a>, accessed September 11, 2025

Melbourne

bot Garden

24/4/72

Within the last few days, dear Dr Hooker, I received from the Museum of Wellington

NZ.

for naming a set of the plants lately collected by Mr Travers (jun) in the Chatham Islands. This collection augments the number of the known species to about double of those recorded in my little work 8 years ago.

B64.10.02. See also B73.05.01.

I intended to give you a brief list of the additional species, but have not been able amidst the mail work to complete it. There are however but very few plants among the lot, which are not already in your manual

J. Hooker (1864-7).

enumerated, and also these few do not contain, as far as I have yet seen, anything strikingly singular.

With best regards,

Ferd. von Mueller.