The correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller: 9/6/80 ¶ ¶ Did I mention to you, dear Mr Shillinglaw, that I added about ten species to the one of the genus Flindersia, established by ¶ R Brown ¶ ? ¶ Give me timely notice, so ¶ that I may write...

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Physical location:

Box 244/1, Shillinglaw papers, La Trobe Australian manuscripts collection, State Library of Victoria, Melbourne. 80.06.09

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Flindersia
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Preferred Citation:

Ferdinand von Mueller to John Shillinglaw, 1880-06-09. 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/1880-9/1880/80-06-09-final.odt>, accessed May 15, 2026

9/6/80

Did I mention to you, dear Mr Shillinglaw, that I added about ten species to the one of the genus , established by R Brown ?

Shillinglaw was writing a biography of Matthew Flinders, with whom Robert Brown (1773-1858) had circumnavigated Australia in 1801-3. The work was never published. M had already told Shillinglaw about the added species; see M to J. Shillinglaw, 20 May 1880. Species described by M are listed in Muir (1979); was erected in R. Brown (1814), p. 595.

Give me timely notice, so that I may write the needful paragraph on this genus for your work.

Regardfully your

Ferd von Mueller