The correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller: St George's Day 1866. ¶ ¶ The "Lincolnshire", dear Mr Bentham, has not yet arrive, though overdue; I trust that nothing happened to her, & that the 3 cases with Eucalypti, the most important section ...

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RBG Kew, Kew correspondence, Australia, Mueller, 1858-70, f. 209. 66.04.23a

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Ferdinand von Mueller to George Bentham, 1866-04-23 [66.04.23a]. 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/1860-9/1866/66-04-23a-final.odt>, accessed June 4, 2026

St George's Day 1866.

The "Lincolnshire", dear Mr Bentham, has not yet arrive, though overdue; I trust that nothing happened to her, & that the 3 cases with Eucalypti, the most important section of my herbarium, have to incur no danger. If safely arriving I shall, I suppose, be able to get from the herbarium all the information concerning the tree-list needed for the Exhibition Essay.

Intercolonial Exhibition of Australasia, Melbourne, 1866-7. See M to G. Bentham, 5 February 1866. The list is printed in B67.13.02, pp. 20-38 of the essay, pp. 268-86 of the volume.

I have almost nothing done for during the last month. The heavy work of the Directorate did not admit of it & my few sparehours were occupied with engagements for the intercolonial and the French Exhibition [&] besides I had to issue a general departmental report for parliament.

M to J. McCulloch, 14 March 1866?

I shall however now soon resume labor & send you some supplements to &c also.

I must confess your contraction of the Australian genera of has taken me by surprise. If we regard how weak such genera as , & many of are, I should think separation of several of the genera you propose to unite still more desirable.

See G. Bentham to M, 18 February 1866.

But about generic limits no law can be laid down, as, I contend, on species. might, perhaps, be united with Umbelliferae, though Seemanns transfer of s

Seemann (1863), pp. 278-80.

appears not natural.

The capsule of bears no resemblance whatever to the true berry of , which never changes into a capsule. Both genera must be further studied on the spot.

See G. Bentham to M, 18 February 1866.

Your essay on wil be the most glorious portion of the

whole work.

Bentham (1863-78), vol. 3, pp. 185-261.

your attached

Ferd. Mueller

Did the remain accidentally behind at Kew? I cannot find them here.

One folder containing was included in the fourth shipment of specimens for Bentham, 24 April 1862 (M notebook recording despatch of plants to Kew for Flora australiensis, RB MSS M44, Library, Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne). See also M to W. Hooker, 24 June 1865, and M to G. Bentham, 26 June 1866 (in this edition as 66-06-26a).