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Physical location:

RSA/B 13(10), Royal Society of Tasmania Archives, Hobart. 75.02.20

Plant names

Preferred Citation:

Ferdinand von Mueller to James Agnew, 1875-02-20. 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/1870-9/1875/75-02-20-final.odt>, accessed May 10, 2026

Melbourne
20/2/75
Herewith, dear Dr Agnew, I send the remaining and finishing portion of the phytographic Census.
1
See M to J. Agnew, 19 February 1875.
Please change the name of
Hypericum gramineum

Search for Hypericum gramineum in

in the portion already sent to
Hypericum Japonicum

Search for Hypericum Japonicum in

, Thunberg flor. Japon, 295, t.31., as Thunbergs name has two years precedence over that of G. Forster.
2
The requested change was made in the MS before publication, see B75.13.10, p. 75.
H. gramineum was described by J. G. A. Forster (1786), p. 53; H. japonicum was described in Thunberg (1784), p. 295.
All Hypericums of Tasmania belong to one species.
Regardfully your
Ferd. von Mueller.