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Ferdinand von Mueller to the Royal Society of Van Diemen's Land, 1855-09. 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//letters/1850-9/1855/55-09-00-final.odt>, accessed May 10, 2026

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Letter not found. The text given here is from a report of the meeting of the Royal Society of Van Diemen's Land held on 12 September 1855, in Courier (Hobart), 18 September 1855, p. 2.
[From Dr. Ferdinand Muller, Government Botanist for Victoria, forwarded by Mr. Clarke, Surveyor-General, "Definitions of rare or hitherto undescribed Australian Plants."
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B55.09.02, or possibly B55.13.02. After his return from the North Australian Exploring Expedition, M sent a further copy to the Royal Society of Tasmania together with copies of B55.11.01, 'Musci frondosi Australasiae ab Dr. Ferd. Mueller (i.e. C. Müller & Hampe (1853)) &c. &c.', and Gregory's report of the North Australian Exploring Expedition (presumably A. Gregory (1857)); see Courier (Hobart), 21 April 1857, p. 2, in a report of the Royal Society's meeting of 15 April 1857.
The work by Müller & Hampe on mosses was part of the series 'Plantae Muellerianae' based on M's collections from South Australia and Victoria that he sent to Sonder. Sonder organized the description, if new species, and listing of the collection and the publication of the resulting lists in the journal Linnaea, and it is probable that '&c. &c.' referred to other articles in that series. Articles published from vol. 25 up to the first two issues of vol. 28 could have been available to M by the time he returned from the North Australian Exploring Expedition in early 1857 (see TL2 under Schlechtendal for dates of publication of the parts). For some examples, see the editors' citations to 'Plantae Muellerianae' under the names of Sonder, Braun, Hampe, Klatt, Lindley, Meyer, Meisner, C. Müller & Hampe and Bentham. M was a joint author with Sonder of one paper in the series, B53.14.01.
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