Ferdinand von Mueller

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Undated fragment. The translation is included within the text. A cross has been marked before the following items: 38, 36, 34, 32, 31, 30, 28, 27, 24, 23, 22, 16, 15, 14, 12, 10, 9, 7, 4.

Dating lists of Holtze specimens is difficult. Holtze often used the same number more than once, occasionally evidently for specimens he believed he had sent previously under the same number, but there are many for which the names do not match. The lists have been compared with the AVH records for M. Holtze collections at MEL. If a date is given for any of the specimens with that number, and those names are not identical with the names M assigned, then the nomenclature data in APNI are searched, and a broad match (to family) is considered sufficient to use that date as part of the analysis to estimate the date of the note. Some specimens are recorded as if collected jointly by J. Tenison Woods and Holtze in 1886 but this is a spurious attribution, indicating that these specimens were given to Tenison Woods by Holtze during his visit in that year.

Usable collecting dates, including information in notes 4, 7 and 8 below, indicate that the earliest the present item could have been sent is 1880. It is probable that the list accompanied M to M. Holtze, 4 April 1880 (in this edition as 80-04-04a), but the list is dated to April without that precision because in some other cases it seems that lists were not sent together with the related letter.

41.	Helicteres Isora Linné
40.	Croton (ohne Frucht) [(without fruit)]
39.	Spermacoce
38.	Festuca (Triodia) microstachya, F.v Mueller
37.	Phyllanthus? ohne Frucht [without fruit]
36.	Glossogyne tenuifolia, Cassini
35.	Tribulus (ohne Frucht) [(without fruit)]
34.	Cynanchum pedunculatum, R Br.
33.	Vitis adnata, Wallich,
32	Galactia tenuiflora, Wight & Arnott
31.	Desmodium? scheint für Australien neu, kann aber ohne Frucht (reif) nicht benannt u beschrieben werden. Es sind auch nur 2 Blumen an dem Exemplar, welche kaum für Zergliederung genügen. [Seems to be new for Australia but cannot be named and described without fruit (ripe). In addition, there are only two flowers on the specimen, which are hardly adequate for dissection.]
30	Zornia diphylla, Persoon.
29	Vigna vexillata, Bentham
28	Aneilema gramineum, R Br., &26
27.	Crotalaria linifolia, Linné filius.
25	Cyperus (ohne fruit) 2 The only specimen corresponding to this Holtze record number listed for MEL in AVH (accessed 10 August 2021) is attributed to W. Holtze [i.e. Waldemar] in 1894, included in M to W. Holtze, 1894 (in this edition as 94-00-00d). [(without fruit)]
24.	Haemodorum subvirens F.v Mueller Es giebt dort etwa halb ein Dutzend Haemodorum Arten, von welchen allen noch die reifen Früchte verglichen werden müssen. [About half a dozen Haemodorum species occur there; the ripe fruits of all of them have to be compared.]
23.	Rhynchosia minima, Candolle
22.	Setaria macrostachya, Kunth.
21.	Tribulus ohne Frucht [without fruit]
20.	Tephrosia ohne Frucht [without fruit]
19.	Breweria? ohne Frucht nicht benennbar [cannot be named without fruit]
18.	Ischaemum
17.	Panicum
16.	Panicum semialatum, R Br.
15.	Uraria cylindrica, 3 Uraria cylindracea? Bentham.
14	Indigofera hirsuta Linné
13	Ipomoea angustifolia Jaquin ohne Frucht [without fruit] 4 In M to M. Holtze, 6 April 1880, M determined this as Ipomoea angustifolia.
12	Hibiscus cannabinus, Linné
11	ohne Frucht [without fruit]
10.	Thunbergia Arnhemica F.v.M. Beschrieben von mir im Jahre 1875 nach einem sehr unvollstandigen Exemplar von Schultz. Könnten Sie einige Notizen u Blumen auch reife Früchte senden? [Described by me in the year 1875 from a very imperfect specimen from Schultz. 5 Collected by Frederick Schultze during Goyder's survey, 1869-70; B75.06.02, p. 73. Could you send a few notes and flowers, also ripe fruits?] 6 The text that follows is on a separate sheet but the numbering suggests that the two sheets belong together.
9	Vitis acetosa, F. v Mueller Samen erwünscht. [Seed wanted.]
8.	Cleome viscosa, Linné
7.	Jasminum simplicifolium G. Forster.
6.	Pittosporum 7 In M to M. Holtze, 6 April 1880, the species was suggested as probably P. melanospermum, and Holtze added 'melanospermum?' to the entry on the list. See also M to M. Holtze, 21 October 1882 (in this edition as 82-10-21c). Frucht sehr nothwendig für die Benennung [Fruit very necessary for determination]
5.	Fimbristylis.
4.	Panicum Indicum Linné (eine Abart) [(a variation)] 8 Possibly meaning a degenerate variation. In M to M. Holtze, 6 April 1880, M indicated that he had examined it further and concluded that the species was P. gibbosum RBr. Holtze amended the list, replacing 'Indicum, Linné' by 'gibbosum, R. Brown'.
3	Boerhaavia nur eine Blume und keine Frucht. [only one flower and no fruit.]
2	Vitex trifolia Linné einfach-blätterige Varietät. [simple-leaved variety.]
1	Parsonsia velutina R Br Frucht erwünscht [Fruit wanted]