The correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller: ¶ Having deprived the ¶ Buettneriaceae, ¶ some time since, of the genus ¶ Macarthuria ¶ , ¶ I make some return in referring to that Order ¶ Lachnostachys ¶ ( ¶ Pycnolachne ¶ , Turcz.). ¶ I had...

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Ferdinand von Mueller to Berthold Seemann, 1868-03-29 [68.03.29c]. 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/1860-9/1868/68-03-29c-final.odt>, accessed June 4, 2026

Letter not found. The text given here is from 'Correspondence. Notes on Australian Plants', Journal of botany, vol. 6, pp. 188-9 (B68.06.01).

Having deprived the , some time since, of the genus ,

See B60.02.02, p. 11.

I make some return in referring to that Order ( , Turcz.).

See B68.03.04, p. 158. Much of the remainder of this paragraph is discussed in the entry under the description of L. verbascifolia, and the other relationships are discussed elsewhere in nearby pages.

I had lately occasion to study the fruit, which shows the embryo to be straight, and lodged in the axis of amygdaloid albumen. Indeed the genus is truly Buettneriaceous, though constituting a separate tribe. The aestivation is valvate. The branched indument is that of many members of the Order. The leaves of one species resemble those of , of one or two of the others certain e. Opposite, moreover, they occur also in , while in the latter genus the petals are also frequently wanting. A solitary carpel is likewise shown by , while a simple series of filaments arises from a staminal tube also in , , etc.

If and Spartothamus ( ) are excluded from , the ordinal characters of the latter become far more clear. Indeed , if not both, are truly Verbenaceous.

Typesetter's error for Lachnocephalus?

is identified with .

The genus counts in Australia 18 species, many of which afford excellent characters in their fruit. It is in many respects allied to ,

Typesetter's error for Velleya?

among . differs solely in the simply valvate aestivation of the wingless lobes of the corolla, and in trisected leaves.

FRED.

Typesetter's error for Ferd.?

VON MUELLER

Melbourne, March 29, 1868.