The correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller: 25, WILTON PLACE, S.W. ¶ London ¶ Sept 17 1867 ¶ My dear Sir ¶ ¶ On my return from abroad I find your letters of the 21st April and 14th June — also the Goodeniaceae Stylideae etc which you mention

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RB MSS M4, Library, Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne. 67.09.17

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Caesalpinia
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Erythrostemon
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Poinciana
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Poinciania Gilliesii
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Preferred Citation:

George Bentham to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1867-09-17. 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/1860-9/1867/67-09-17-final.odt>, accessed June 9, 2026

25, WILTON PLACE, S.W.

London

Sept 17 1867

My dear Sir

On my return from abroad I find your letters of the 21st April and 14th June — also the etc which you mention — all safely arrived. I have now set to work at them and hope to proceed rapidly — I sincerely trust that the other Monopetalous Orders are on their way as I must hasten on with the work if I entertain any hope to complete it and I should be sorry to have to work without your materials — I must endeavour to begin printing in February at the latest, but I do not foresee any such difficulties in the volume now in hand as in the preceding ones

The 3rd part of our Genera

Bentham & Hooker (1862-83), vol. 1, part 3 was issued in September 1867.

completing the first vol. was published a short time since. Dr Hooker has I believe sent you a copy

You refer to Poinciania

Gilliesii as having the calyx imbricate and therefore invalidating the genus — If you look a little closer you will find that on this account chiefly that species has been long since separated from under the name of and forms the section of in our Genera p. 566

Bentham & Hooker (1862-83), vol. 1, p. 566.

— the true s which are Indo-African have all the calyx truly valvate, and albuminous seeds

I have had an exceedingly agreable holiday in Germany chiefly in the Thüringerwald (Liebenstein, Rudolstadt etc) and am now just returned to work. I purpose going on steadily with the Flora Australiensis without further interruption that I can help till I shall have got through the 4th vol.

Ever yours sincerely

George Bentham

Many thanks for your exertions in promoting the Linnean Society

See M to G. Bentham, 21 April 1867 (2 letters) (in this edition as 67-04-21c and 67-04-21d).

I trust that our doings are satisfactory to the Members — I will take care that the certificates for new Members you send are put in due course when the Society meets again in November.

Dr F. Mueller