The correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller: 27/5/84 ¶ ¶ By a strange oversight, dear Sir Joseph, I missed to recollect, that the 5th vol. of DC.'s monographiae contains a complete elaboration of the known Cyrtandreae. ¶ The volume came during...

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Chalmersia
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Cyrtandreae
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Dichrotrichum
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Preferred Citation:

Ferdinand von Mueller to Joseph Hooker, 1884-05-27. 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/1880-9/1884/84-05-27-final.odt>, accessed June 13, 2026

MS found in 1998 with the specimen K831965 in the Kew Herbarium.

27/5/84

By a strange oversight, dear Sir Joseph, I missed to recollect, that the 5th vol. of DC.'s monographiae contains a complete elaboration of the known Cyrtandreae.

C. B. Clarke (1883).

The volume came during my illness, and I found out my shortcoming only after I sent off the msc. of a supposed n.g. ( ) by last mail.

See M to J. Hooker, 19 May 1884 (in this edition as 84-05-19a). M never erected a genus ; he described chalmersii in B84.06.02, p. 14. However, S. Moore (1899), p. 174 quoted papuana from 'Baron von Mueller's type at Kew'.

Now I see, that it is a new species of Dichrotrichum, which as I indicated before should be named in honor of the Rev. James Chalmers, who brought it from the higher regions of Mt Stanley Range, New Guinea.

I did not recognize the genus in the "genera"

Bentham & Hooker (1862-83), vol. 2, part 2, p. 1014. See also M to W. Thiselton-Dyer, 30 May 1884.

as Mr Bentham attributed unconditionally "folia opposita" to it.

Regardfully your

Ferd von Mueller.