Is Acacia petiolaris really = A. pycnantha. Lehmann raised it from W. Australian seeds.2
Acacia dura I have from Cape Arid
Is A. leprosa = A. dodonaeifolia? Willdenows original specimen could alone prove it. Lindleys plate of A. leprosa3 belongs evidently to A. stricta.
A latipes seems to me only a variety of A. cochlearis.
Acacia cochlearis
Acacia dodonaeifolia
Acacia dura
Acacia latipes
Acacia leprosa
Acacia petiolaris
Acacia pycnantha
Acacia stricta
The addressee is assumed to be Bentham, as M wrote many such notes commenting on the proof sheets of Flora Australiensis as they were sent to him before publication. The note could not have been written until after the proof sheets containing the Acacia pages of Bentham (1863-78), vol. 2, were received. The species mentioned here were treated between pp. 324 and 358. Each proof sheet contained 16 pages, so the section containing the descriptions of these species would have been contained in the sheets posted in August (pp. 305–400); see G. Bentham to M, 23 August 1864). The note could not have been written before October.
Annotation in an unknown hand: Vol ii. (i.e. Bentham (1863-78), vol. 2).
Please cite as “FVM-64-10-00a,” 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 26 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/vonmueller/letters/64-10-00a