The correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller: Melbourne Botanic Garden, ¶ 22 May 1872. ¶ ¶ With last month's mail, esteemed Sir, I sent you a series of specimens of ¶ Scleranthus ¶ species, and now I take the liberty of additionally offering a...

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Dörflersamlingen, Universitetsbiblioteket, Uppsala. 72.05.22a

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Mniarum
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Ferdinand von Mueller to Ludwig Reichenbach, 1872-05-22 [72.05.22a]. 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/72-05-22a>, accessed September 11, 2025

MS annotation: '23 Apr. 73', presumably the date of reply (letter not found). A comparison of the handwriting of Ludwig Reichenbach (1793-1879) and that of his son, Heinrich Gottlieb Reichenbach (1824-89), shows that this annotation was written by the father.

Melbourne im bot. Garten,

22/5/72.

Mit letzter Monatspost sandte ich Ihnen, sehr verehrter Herr, eine Reihe Exemplare von Scleranthus Arten, und nun erlaube ich mir noch nachträglich den auch von Neu Seeland an zubieten. Wie ich vor fast 20 Jahren das genus einzog und die typische species nannte, hatte ich noch nicht die Flora Novo-Zelandica des jüngern Hooker erhalten.

Sollten sich noch andere Arten hiernach finden, u solche in meinen Besitz kommen, so werde ich nicht verfehlen Ihnen solche vorzulegen.

Mit besonderer Verehrung

Ferd. von Mueller

Melbourne Botanic Garden,

22 May 1872.

With last month's mail, esteemed Sir, I sent you a series of specimens of Scleranthus species, and now I take the liberty of additionally offering also from New Zealand. When, nearly 20 years ago, I suppressed the genus and called the typical species ,

mniaroides? M suppressed in his treatment of Scleranthus mniaroides in B62.03.03, p. 215, but had given the name 'Scleranthus mniaroides Ferd Mueller collect.' for what he described as singuliflorum in B54.13.06, pp. 13-14, stating 'by the constantly 5-cleft calyx of this kind becomes so closely allied to Scleranthus, that hardly any objection can be raised against the conjunction of the two genera'.

I had not yet received the Flora Novo-Zelandica

J. Hooker (1853-5), vol. 1, p. 74, suppressed in the treatment of , stating 'I see no ground upon which to separate [ ] from Scleranthus'.

of the younger Hooker.

Should still other species be found later on and come into my possession, I shall not fail to place them before you.

With particular veneration

Ferd. von Mueller.