The correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller: ¶ Perhaps you & Bentham have not the first edit of Linné's syst. nat (of 1735). ¶ I find at p. 9, that he has ¶ Lens ¶ as a genus, though (of course) the name only. Still it is entitled to be ment...

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RBG Kew, Kew correspondence, Australia, Mueller 1871-81, f. 345. 81.11.00

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Preferred Citation:

Ferdinand von Mueller to Joseph Hooker, 1881-11. 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/1880-9/1881/81-11-00-final.odt>, accessed May 15, 2026

Correspondent identified by the reference to Bentham & Hooker (1862-83), and to Bentham. Dated to late 1881 by the reference to figure of , and to B82.13.08 being in press.

Perhaps you & Bentham have not the first edit of Linné's syst. nat (of 1735).

Linnaeus (1735).

I find at p. 9, that he has as a genus, though (of course) the name only. Still it is entitled to be mentioned thus far as generic authority

Bentham & Hooker (1862-83), vol. 1, p. 525 attribute to Grenier and Godron (1848-56), vol. 1, p. 476.

I have quoted the first edition in my census of Austral plant-genera, now in type,

B82.13.08.

wherever it had priority. " " occurs also at p. 9.

I was greatly pleased with the figure of

subulifolia was illustrated in J. Hooker (1867-89), vol. 14, t. 1361, p. 43, issued in October 1881.

I subscribe to all your & Bentham's publications, Bot. Mag., Genera, icones, &c &c for my private library.