To George Bentham1    August 1864

[August 1864 or later]2

 

Notes for Mr Bentham

Myriophyllum latifolium has the (emersed) leaves sometimes quaternate. Leichhardt found it at Archers lagoon.3

Ceratophyllum demersum is mentioned by Dr Hooker as a Tasmanian plant fl. Tasm II, 3624

It is an enigma to me, why the specimens returned from Kew always show so many larvae of insects. It was particularly evident in the Acaciae recently returned, and which I thought were perfectly free of insects when forwarded.

 

Acacia

Ceratophyllum demersum

Myriophyllum latifolium

1
MS annotation: 'Vol ii', i.e. Bentham (1863-78), vol. 2.
2
editorial addition.The note is dated to August 1864 or later, since it was in August 1864 that the Leguminosae returned from Kew were received in Melbourne. See M to W. Hooker, 25 August 1864, to which this note may have been an enclosure
3
Qld.
4
J. Hooker (1855-60).

Please cite as “FVM-64-08-00a,” 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 28 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/vonmueller/letters/64-08-00a