To [George Bentham]1    November 1863

 

One case with Myrtaceae has been sent off pr. "Result"2 and the Case No. 19 others shall follow, so that there will be always sufficient material available for you. Please bear in mind, that Verticordia Cunninghami grows also on the Gulf of Carpentaria. I found it at the sandstone table land of Limmen Bight & M'Arthur River; its flowers are fragrant. Melaleuca leucadendron I have seen fully 100' high, with a stem 5' in diameter. It is the largest of all Melaleucae, altho M. squarrosa becomes occasionally but not frequently nearly as high

When describing Melaleuca symphyocarpa3 it had escaped my remembrance, that this plant occurs also on the Nicholson, Flinders & Gilbert River, as I notice now in my diary.4 On all these localities grows also Melaleuca lasiandra.

I am engaged now on the examination of other Myrtaceae, e.g. Angophora, Acmena &c and will give you the results in my next letter.5

Ever with kindest regards

yours

Ferd. Mueller

 

Is not Huegelia Myrtaceous? What is Endlichers genus Francisia?6

 

Acmena

Angophora

Francisia

Huegelia

Melaleuca lasiandra

Melaleuca leucadendron

Melaleuca squarrosa

Myrtaceae

Verticordia Cunninghami

 
1
Folio 125 is bound with the page bearing the valediction at its foot as the front of the folio; the transcription begins with the 'back' of the folio. The content indicates that Bentham was the addressee; it is dated to between 21 November 1863, the date the box per Result was sent, and 12 December 1863; it was probably written after 24 November, see fn 5.
2
Case No. 19 was sent on 21 November per Result(Notebook recording despatch of plants for Flora Australiensis, RB, MSS, M44, Library, Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne).
3
B59.13.01, p. 44.
4
Diary not found.
5
Both these genera are briefly discussed in M to G. Bentham, 12 December 1863; they are not mentioned in M to G. Bentham 24 November 1863.
6
Paragraph is a marginal note on the final page of the letter.

Please cite as “FVM-63-11-00a,” in Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller, edited by R.W. Home, Thomas A. Darragh, A.M. Lucas, Sara Maroske, D.M. Sinkora†, J.H. Voigt† and Monika Wells accessed on 25 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/vonmueller/letters/63-11-00a