The correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller: One case with Myrtaceae has been sent off pr. "Result" ¶ and the Case No. 19 others shall follow, so that there will be always sufficient material available for you. Please bear in mind, that Vertico...

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RBG Kew, Kew correspondence, Australia, Mueller, 1858-70, f. 125. 63.11.00a

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Ferdinand von Mueller to [George Bentham], 1863-11 [63.11.00a]. 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/1860-9/1863/63-11-00a-final.odt>, accessed May 15, 2026

Folio 125 is bound with the page bearing the valediction at its foot as the front of the folio; the transcription begins with the 'back' of the folio. The content indicates that Bentham was the addressee; it is dated to between 21 November 1863, the date the box per Result was sent, and 12 December 1863; it was probably written after 24 November, see fn 5.

One case with has been sent off pr. "Result"

Case No. 19 was sent on 21 November per Result (Notebook recording despatch of plants for Flora Australiensis, RB, MSS, M44, Library, Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne).

and the Case No. 19 others shall follow, so that there will be always sufficient material available for you. Please bear in mind, that grows also on the Gulf of Carpentaria. I found it at the sandstone table land of Limmen Bight & M'Arthur River; its flowers are fragrant. I have seen fully 100' high, with a stem 5' in diameter. It is the largest of all Melaleucae, altho M. squarrosa becomes occasionally but not frequently nearly as high

When describing Melaleuca symphyocarpa

B59.13.01, p. 44.

it had escaped my remembrance, that this plant occurs also on the Nicholson, Flinders & Gilbert River, as I notice now in my diary.

Diary not found.

On all these localities grows also .

I am engaged now on the examination of other , e.g. , &c and will give you the results in my next letter.

Both these genera are briefly discussed in M to G. Bentham, 12 December 1863; they are not mentioned in M to G. Bentham 24 November 1863.

Ever with kindest regards

yours

Ferd. Mueller

Is not Myrtaceous? What is Endlichers genus ?

Paragraph is a marginal note on the final page of the letter.