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Carteggio Parlatore, Biblioteca Comunale, Palermo. 66.05.28a

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Ferdinand von Mueller to Filippo Parlatore, 1866-05-28 [66.05.28a]. 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/1860-9/1866/66-05-28a-final.odt>, accessed June 13, 2026

Melbourne bot. Garden,
28/5/66
With this mail again, dear Prof. Parlatore, I have sent to your Government seeds of some useful trees. I will endeavour to keep up the supply monthly. Should you at any time be overloaded with any kind, pray let then the superfluous quantity be sent to Madrid, Lisbon or Athen.
I have given to the hon. John O'Shanassy a letter of introduction to you. Should this influential Victorian Statesman visit your city, I should feel much indebted, if you would kindly pay him some little attention.
The enclosed fragments are of a new Callitris, recently discovered in Queensland. It is a pleasant task to distinguish it by the illustrious name of the pithyograph
1
The meaning of M's neologism is unclear.
of D.C.
2
See Parlatore (1868), p. 447, where he described Frenela parlatorei, citing 'Ferd. Muell.! msc'. See also M to B. Seemann, 17 May 1866 (in this edition as 66-05-17a) (B66.08.02, p. 267).
The equality of the 6 valves draw this new noble pine to
Actinostrobus

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. Ripe seeds I have not seen.
Your regardfully
attached
Ferd. Mueller