The correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller: Melbourne, bot. garden, 11. June 1857 ¶ My dear Sir William ¶ ¶ Only yesterday I had the pleasure of recieving your kind letters dated Febr. 2. and Jan 4. 1856, both having missed us when forwarded b...

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Preferred Citation:

Ferdinand von Mueller to William Hooker, 1857-06-11 [57.06.11a]. 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/57-06-11a>, accessed May 18, 2024

Melbourne, bot. garden, 11. June 1857

My dear Sir William

Only yesterday I had the pleasure of recieving your kind letters dated Febr. 2. and Jan 4. 1856, both having missed us when forwarded by the "Torch" to North Australia; they remained then for a while in Singapore and came at last together with a number of your very acceptable journal-pages through Mr Gregory into my hands. I was particularly pleased with the fine plates, and forward now the

gibbifolia (B56.03.01, p. 73, pl. 1).

to my friend the South-Australian Senator.

Francis Dutton.

Having recieved two days ago de Vriese's Goodenovieae, I will endeavour to write a supplement to it by this mail, which Prof de Vriese would likely accept for his journal.

Vriese (1854). M was probably referring to Nederlandsch Kruidkundig Archief, of which de Vriese was co-founder and co-editor. M prepared a MS but the Hookers did not forward it to de Vriese; see J. Hooker to M, 10 October 1857.

In answer to your query about the plate opposite to p. 316 in Capt. Stokes work,

See W. Hooker to M, 4 January 1856.The plate opposite vol. 2, p. 316 of Stokes (1846) is entitled 'First view of the Plains of Promise, Albert River'.

I beg to say, that we observed neither nor anywhere about the Gulf of Carpentaria, but Cabbage palms and Screw-pines on many places.

I am delighted, Sir William, about your resolution of bringing the more interesting plants of North Australia before the botanical public previous to a general work, such as would form hereafter a continuation of the valuable series issued by Dr Hooker, but which of necessity could not be completed before the end of next year.

I shall in the meanwhile employ all my sparetime for the elaboration of the remaining portion of the plants, and hope to finish (si fata velint

if the fates permit.

) under your kind guidance my labours at Kew in 1859, an intention which I expressed already in a former letter.

M to W. Hooker, 18 June 1856; M to W. Hooker, 18 May 1857. But see also M to W. Hooker, 11 January 1857 (postscript of 14 January), and M to W. Hooker, 1 February 1857.

To the remarks on the new containing 19 n. sp chiefly s I shall have the pleasure this time of adding for transmission an account of several new plants from V.D. Land, and I intend to continue these contributions as gradually the important fascicles of the "Flora Tasmanica" arrive. A few days go I recieved the third of this work, and I am longing very much for the fourth,

J. Hooker (1860). Publication commenced in October 1855; for dates of publication of individual fascicles see TL2.

which will exhibit the beautiful array of Tasmanian heaths. My own observations bear all the views out of Dr Hooker in regard to the synonymy of the nearly without exception, is in my opinion as a genus identical with Brachycome (hence of my report)

B58.07.01, p. 49.

The characteristic of is not clear to me. Perhaps you are unaware of the existence of a double state of this plant, the one with prevailing sterile flowers, the other with principly female fertile flowers. In the philos. transact. of Melbourne I founded upon this plant the subgenus of , and more explicit I have been on this singular plant in manuscripts of 1855.

See B55.06.01, p. 45.

To the Tasmanian I add on this occasion two alpine ,

papillosus and S. primulifolius (B57.10.01, pp. 300-301).

the genus , in a new scapebearing species,

T. scapigerum (B57.10.01, p. 301).

to a new !,

The plant was published as ‘Geum ( ) renifolium’, (B57.10.01, p. 300).

all discovered by the assiduous Stuart on Mount de La Perouse in the cold and wet southwestern portion of Van Diemen's Land; and my next communication will bring more novelties yet from the same quarter. was also found by Stuart and adds a natural order to the V.D.L. Flora. Mr Wilhelmi, notwithstanding his travelling over nearly the same ground, which I traversed in the beginning of my journey in 1853, has also added several interesting plants to the Victorian flora, vize , , (an order new to this colony), n.sp., which together with on account of bivalved anther-cells should be transferred to a separate subgenus ( )

In describing L. wilhelmi (B57.09.04, p. 65), M did not publish the subgenus ..

and he brought also a new genus of Scrophularinae approaching to , with which I desire to celebrate the merits of my amiable and learned friend Dr Rich. Eades, formerly Professor of Medicin in Dublin.

Eadesia (E. anthocercidea) (B57.09.04, p. 72).

Mr Wilhelmi found also flowering specimens of a shrub seen by me only in a barren state, and which proves to be a very marked species of Pseudanthus. ( , elatior, foliis ovalibus rarius oblongis v. subrotundis oppositis confertis[ve] demum laevigatis, sepalis florum masculorum spathulato-linearibus. In vallibus et montibus tractus Grampians. Much taller than the Pseudanthus of Port Jackson, with larger flowers.)

( , elatior, … with larger flowers.) is a footnote in the MS with its position in the text indicated by *. (See B57.09.04, p 66).

and likewise in the Grampians.

From Dr Herman Behr, well known by his former botanical excursions into South-Australia I had lately a communication again.

Letter not found.

He seems as ardent as ever in employing his spare time with botany, altho' as a medical practitioner he is disabled to extend his herborizations beyond the environs of St Francisco. His list of genera of plants to be gathered formerly in a walk around the city will probably prove of some interest to you, as these plants on such a locality must gradually vanish and I copy it therefore: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , [ ], , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , Heliotropium, Hydrophyllum, , ,

Navarretia?

, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Echeveria?

, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , .

We are now dividing the harvest of seeds, principly due to Mr Wilhelmi's diligence and I shall send with one of the first clippers as extensive a collection of them as I can. Many of the West Australian species reared from seeds contributed kindfully from Kew have grown since my absence to large plants, and I should be very glad to add as extensively as possible to the variety of such shrubs, not requiring protection in this climate. I shall also endeavour to furnish this year specimens of all the principle timber for your museum, but it is not to be expected, that we should bring together such a variety, as may be easily procured from N.S. Wales. For referring to my reports it will be observed, that trees of , , , , and many other orders are not existing in our territory, whilst they abound under the mild atmosphere of the pacific ocean on the E. coast.

A letter

Letter not found.

from Mr Kippist made as long a circuit as the two of you. He is anxious to get a paper for the Linnean Society. Would it not be practicable, to enable him to select from my manuscripts a few new plants, which would be of particular interest, such as ,

In B57.08.01, p. 229, M said that he was sending W. Hooker a description of , but the description was never published and the name has not been found used elsewhere.

, , [ ],

Arytera?

&c.?

I believe that the Lab and the Br ought to be regarded as distinct species. In a dried state they look very similar to each other but in a recent state I have no difficulty in discriminating between them.

I forgot to state, that of one species of enumerated this time not a single specimen is left after the misfortune which befel one part of the collection. I introduced it verbatim from my notes written on the spot of discovery, and it was never seen but on that locality. Also all specimens are destroyed of , which is not infrequent in Arnhems land.

Amongst Stuarts plant[s]

editorial addition.

from Mount Laperouse I find also Planchoni[i] and , , , ,

I transmitted to day an article on Australian Umbelliferae to V. D. L. for the royal Society.

B60.13.02.

I introduced and Didiscus (Hemicarpus) glandulosus into it. I refer now also to Didiscus the two described as a subgenus (anisocarpa) by Turczaninow = D. anisocarpa and D. grandis. Thus the genus contains now 9 species[.] I have given also a short english description of and E. expansum. With exception of Stuarts and Wilhelmis plants I shall publish nothing here, so that if any of my manuscripts are to be printed in England, they will remain the sole information.

Believe me, Sir William,

to be your ever obliged and

attached servant.

Ferd Mueller.

Sir W.J. Hooker, K.H., K. [Bart.]

&c &c &c