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RBG Kew, Kew correspondence, Australia, Mueller, 1858-70. f. 2. 67.00.00d

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Ferdinand von Mueller to George Bentham, 1867 [67.00.00d]. 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/1860-9/1867/67-00-00d-final.odt>, accessed June 4, 2026

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MS annotation: 'Vol. 1', possibly by an archivist. The correspondent is conjectural. It is most likely to have been Bentham, as M wrote such short notes to him while they were working on Bentham (1863-78), and concerning genera to be included in Bentham & Hooker (1862-83).
Dated to between January and July 1867 on the basis that the first part of vol. 6 of the Fragmenta (B67.07.05) was published in July 1867.
Gomphandra

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australiana,
Fitzgeraldia

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and
Davidsonia

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were all described from specimens collected by Dallachy, who went to Rockingham Bay in 1863. The earliest fully dated specimens of
Davidsonia

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recorded in the database of the National Herbarium of Victoria collected by Dallachy are dated 12 August 1866; that for
Fitzgeraldia

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, a synonym of Cananga under which name the specimen occurs, is 19 December 1866.
I have a new genus of
Anonaceae

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(
Fitzgeraldia

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), of
Saxifrageae

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(
Davidsonia

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) & an Australian species of
Gomphandra

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. All these with the new
Goodeniaceae

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are prepared for the 1 fasc of the 6 vol of my Fragmenta.