The correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller: ¶ By the "Monarch" the rest of the Leguminosae is shipped, also Melastomaceae, Combretaceae & Chrysobalaneae. From the latter I have excluded Stylobasium, as it evidently not belongs to that order; b...

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RBG Kew, Kew correspondence, Australia, Mueller, 1858-70, f. 120. 63.09.00

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Bauera capitata
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Bauera rubiaefolia
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Ferdinand von Mueller to [George Bentham], 1863-09. 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/1860-9/1863/63-09-00-final.odt>, accessed June 4, 2026

The correspondent is assumed to be Bentham because of the subject matter and style of the letter. It may be a fragment of, or a post-script to, another letter.

Item dated to September 1863 by reference to RB MSS M44, Notebook recording despatch of plants for Bentham for Flora australiensis, Library, Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne. The plants mentioned as sent were contained in boxes 16 and 17, sent on Monarch, which sailed on 7 September 1863.

By the "Monarch" the rest of the is shipped, also , & . From the latter I have excluded , as it evidently not belongs to that order; but I am not certain where it should be placed; perhaps in as I suggested in the "plants of Victoria".

B62.03.03, p. 197.

Perhaps you favor me with your views on its affinity, so that I may send it in right time. has been mislaid, which I regret as it is uncertain, whether I shall be able to find the plant in time for you to compare.

I have however carefully compared it with the figure & description published by Dr Hooker

Novae-Zelandiae ; see J. Hooker (1853-5), vol. 1, p. 81, t. 20.

& I found it absolutely identical with the NZ plant. Dr Hooker overlooked it in the suppl. to the Tasmanian flora,

M is probably referring to the 'Additions, corrections &c' in J. Hooker (1855 -60), vol. 2, pp. 355-76.

altho' I believe that I forwarded specimina to Kew.

The undated specimen at Kew (K000060007) was collected by Oldfield on the summit of Mt La Perouse, Tas, and is cited in Bentham (1863-78), vol. 2, p. 450. M mentions a specimen collected from the same locality by Stuart (B63.09.01, p. 3).

It is as yet only found on Mt Laperouse in Tasmania where it grows with , & other very rare plants. I adopt the name , as rubioides is ungrammatical. The genus was established by Banks, not by Kennedy

Probably John Kennedy, who 'wrote many plant descriptions' for Andrews (1797-[1814]) (Desmond).

or Andrews

Banks is credited with authorship of the name in Andrews (1797-[1814]), vol. 3, t. 198.

. I adopt 3 species B. rubiaefolia, B. capitata & B. sessiliflora

B63.09.01, pp. 23-4.