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RBG Kew, Letters to Joseph Hooker, vol. 16, f. 18. 95.04.09

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Ferdinand von Mueller to Joseph Hooker, 1895-04-09. 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/95-04-09>, accessed September 11, 2025

9/4/95.
There is a sort of moral obligation, dear Sir Joseph, to point out errors, even if trifling, in your great Kew-Index.
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is not in the 9th but in the 10th vol. Hayne figured.
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M is correcting the entry in Index kewensis (B. Jackson (1895)), vol. 1, p. 13 (issued 1893); Hayne (1805-37), vol. 10, tab. 31.
Are A. retinoides and A neriifolia really identical. The first I know as a wild plant since 1847. It is a more southern species than A Neriifolia and it is [ever]flowering , the only Acacia which has that character as far as I am aware in Australia. The differences, pointed out by Bentham,
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Bentham (1863-78), vol. 2, p. 363.
hold probably good; but in herbaria easily confusion may arise between the two, particularly from mere flowering specimens. I found the f[unicle]
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Partly obscured by binding.
one of the best distinctions in Acacia. I will reexamine my now much increased Material here.
Always regardfully your
Ferd von Mueller