To George Bentham   15 May 1866

15/5/66.

 

I have many additions to the localities of the plants enumerated by you, dear Mr Bentham. For instance Entada scandens from Rockinghams Bay. The three cases with Eucalypti & supplementary Myrtraceae reached me safely. I am glad for the correction of the nomenclature, which now enables me to carry on further researches into the specif. demarkations in this genus. Eucalyptus is becoming now more & more valuable, since I proved how rich many species are in acetic acid, in tar & naphtha.1

 

Entada scandens

Eucalyptus

Myrtraceae

 
1
See B67.13.07. The letter ends without valediction with over half of the back of the sheet unused.

Please cite as “FVM-66-05-15a,” 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/66-05-15a