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RBG Kew, Kew correspondence, Australia, Mueller, 1858-70, f. 375. 69.03.28c

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Ferdinand von Mueller to George Bentham, 1869-03-28 [69.03.28c]. 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/69-03-28c>, accessed September 11, 2025

28/3/69
I am glad, dear Mr Bentham, to receive already the 30 copies of vol IV, which have been distributed by the Government to public institutions, ministers of the Crown and the few principle contributors here in Australia to the work.
You will receive by the Anglesey 2 large cases, with the rest of
Dicotyledoneae

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. Before the next volume will be printed there will however be some supplemental collections, I suppose, from various sources.
Maireana

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must certainly be united with one of Lindley's Kochias, as I will show in my notes on
Salsolaceae

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.
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B69.06.03, pp. 8-15, at p. 12.
Indeed all Australian Kochias (inclusive of Browns K. aphylla)
2
R. Brown (1810), p. 409.
would be
Maireana

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s except K. brevifolia. The character of the entirety of the fruit wing is however trifling and not even absolute.
Trusting you are well I remain
your regardful
Ferd. von Mueller.
The index of the 6 vol of the Fragmenta will now at last be printed. Meanwhile I have a good deal of manuscript ready for vol. VII.
The
Monocotyledoneae

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will now be attacked, and
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first of all, as I have a good deal done for years to get new diagnoses of all the species.
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B74.08.01, pp. 205-14.