The correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller: [Our Guildford ¶ Vic. ¶ correspondent writes that at a depth of two hundred feet, in the claim of the Golden Lead, on Mr Mein's property, Guildford, fossil fruit, branches and leaves, have been found...

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76.04.00a

Plant names

phymatacaryon mackryi
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[J. Lynch] to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1876-04 [76.04.00a]. 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/1870-9/1876/76-04-00a-final.odt>, accessed June 9, 2026

Letter not found. The text given here is from Mount Alexander mail, 2 May 1876, p. 2. The item is dated to Aril 1876 as the latest date that the submission and reply could have occurred. Specimens from Nintingbool described in B71.08.01 were provided by J. Lynch and it is likely that this is the person referred to in the article as having sent specimens to M.

[Our Guildford

Vic.

correspondent writes that at a depth of two hundred feet, in the claim of the Golden Lead, on Mr Mein's property, Guildford, fossil fruit, branches and leaves, have been found, as perfect as when they grew countless ages ago. Two varieties of fruit have been secured, — one not unlike a plum-stone in shape, and the other bearing a resemblance to the quondong. Specimens have been submitted to Baron von Mueller, who cannot identify the fruit with anything now growing on the globe, but the second he gives as the ,

Typesetter's error for Phymatocaryon mackayi, described by M in B71.08.01, p.47. M did not claim there that it was 'still living'.

a still living antediluvian, to be found, at Nintingpool,

Error for Nintingbool? Near Ballarat, Vic. See B71.08.01, p. 48.

wherever that may be.]

The item continues:

The discovery of these perfect remains of an ancient vegetation, has given rise to much speculation as to the immense lapse of time since they grew in the sun light. But so sceptical has man become now-a-days that, by common consent, a new interpretation must be put on the Mosaic account as given us in Genesis.