The correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller: Melb. bot. Gard. ¶ 10/2/68 ¶ ¶ On the other page, ¶ dear Mr Bentham, you will find an inventory of Box 37, shipped by the Dovre ¶ Castle, which ship sailes to morrow. I have still 40 fasc of Monope...

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RBG Kew, Kew correspondence, Australia, Mueller, 1858-70, f. 303. 68.02.10

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Ferdinand von Mueller to George Bentham, 1868-02-10. 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/1860-9/1868/68-02-10-final.odt>, accessed June 13, 2026

Melb. bot. Gard.

10/2/68

On the other page,

Page not found.

dear Mr Bentham, you will find an inventory of Box 37, shipped by the Dovre

Dover?

Castle, which ship sailes to morrow. I have still 40 fasc of in a very forward state of arrangement and elaboration & shall send these off also within the next weeks. You will then have got altogether 163 fasc. for volume 4. In many of the orders genera have been doubled & the species tripled. Thus RBrown had in only , & , while my collection brings , , & in addition. RBr had not at all, strange to say, — I have 6 species. The s I have like many other plants only hurriedly arranged; so the flowers & capsules have to be analysed. It is hopeless to identify RBr species without reference to his original material. Of (incl. )

Bentham (1863-78), vol 4, maintained Parsonia and as distinct genera; see his note on p. 320.

I have 11 species, of which you will get printed notes probably already by the next mail, other wise a month later.

M described seven species of in B68.03.04.

Is Mr Oldfield still in communication with Kew?

See G. Bentham to M, 14 May 1868.

If so, I should gladly send him occasionally some of the papers, dwelling on his plants, though I fear his eyesight is lost.

With most friendly regards

your

Ferd. von Mueller