The correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller: Queenscliff ¶ 26/9/67. ¶ ¶ At last, dear Mr Bentham, I concluded the labourious task, of fusing the vast material now a days furnished by Epacrideae into new generic forms. I adopt, as you will see ...

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RBG Kew, Kew correspondence, Australia, Mueller, 1858-70, f. 284. 67.09.26

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Acrotriche serrulata
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Ferdinand von Mueller to George Bentham, 1867-09-26. 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/1860-9/1867/67-09-26-final.odt>, accessed June 4, 2026

Queenscliff

Vic.

26/9/67.

At last, dear Mr Bentham, I concluded the labourious task, of fusing the vast material now a days furnished by into new generic forms. I adopt, as you will see by the annexed schema,

Attachment not found; but see B67.09.01, pp. 74-6.

the aestivation, which RBr. strangely set aside in describing the capsular genera, as primary mark of distinction. I believe you will find my arrangement as a groundwork sound, though with larger material at Kew you will have to build further on it. Pray should you abolish let it be , not St symphyanthera, as otherwise the dedication will be lost which I rendered to an influencial friend, lately Minister of justice here.

Bentham (1863-78), vol. 4, p. 150, synonymized the species as Coleanthera myrtoides, described by Stschegleev (1859), p. 4, prior to M's description in B64.05.01, p. 96.

Of you have the batch of specimens, which will require to be tested with a view of seeing whether the character of 1-celled ovary can be absolutely relied on. I have given publication to many of the notes on the here, but as the Printer is much engaged with Parliaments work, I shall not be able to send you all the print by this mail. The remainder of the will now be shipped immediately with a lot of other .

The specimens were shipped by E. Heyne on 5 October 1867 (RB MSS M44, notebook recording despatch of plants for Bentham for Flora australiensis. library, Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne). Heyne wrote to J. Hooker: 'Dr Mueller being temporarily from here, he having gone for a few weeks (on account of bad health) to Western Austral. I have on his behalf the honor of shipping this day pr "Lincolnshire" a case to your adress containing the remainder of Dr M. collection of . To fill up a vacant space in the box some duplicates suitable for distribution have been added. Bill of lading is enclosed.' (RBG Kew, Kew correspondence, Australia, Mueller, 1858-70, f. 281).

To the genus , founded on ( Br) I have not yet given publicity, as possibly you may refer this plant either to Epacris or to Lysinema, to neither of which it strictly belongs. is a true Epacris as regards placentation.

With kindest regards your

Ferd. Mueller.

I have had no leisure to verify the characters of simple pollengrains for Drupaceous & of ternate pollengrains for capsular . If I saw rightly the pollengrains of are compound. It might be well to examine all the species. My impression is that this character can only be cautiously made use of.