The correspondent is most likely to have been G. Bentham, as M wrote such short notes to him while they were working on Flora australiensis.
editorial addition. Dated on the basis that M to G. Bentham, 26 June 1866, in this edition as 66-06-26a includes similar comments about Eucalyptus specimens returned from Kew per Lincolnshire, arriving in Melbourne on 3 April 1866 (Argus, 1 May 1866, p. 4).
Qld., also spelled ‘Edgecumbe’
No valediction or signature.
Please cite as “FVM-66-05-00b,” 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