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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. australiana, and were all described from specimens collected by Dallachy, who went to Rockingham Bay in 1863. The earliest fully dated specimens of recorded in the database of the National Herbarium of Victoria collected by Dallachy are dated 12 August 1866; that for , a synonym of Cananga under which name the specimen occurs, is 19 December 1866.
I have a new genus of ( ), of ( ) & an Australian species of . All these with the new are prepared for the 1 fasc of the 6 vol of my Fragmenta.