To Joseph Hooker   27 February 1868

27/2/68

 

This day, dear Dr Hooker, I have shipped to you by the Norfolk Box 38, containing

Parsonsia (incl. Lyonsia)

3

Logania (Euosma)

1

Sebaeae, Erythr, Cansc, Gentian.1

1

Supplem. Monopet.2

1

Melodin. 3 To Melodinus belongs also Chilocarpus sent


in Box 37, Wrightia, Ichnocarp4

1

Hemigenia

1

Hemiandra

1

Microcorys & Chilod5

1

Strychnos, Mitrasacm., Mitreol Geniostom,6 Gardenia,


Fagraea

1

Achras

1

Total

12

 

I added a small package of ferns for Sir Will. Denison. Box N. 37 went by the Dover Castle on the 11 of this month & the remainder of the Corolliflorae will be shipped by the Great Britain by the middle of next month and is far advanced in examination & final arrangement already.7

With regardful salutation

your

Ferd. von Mueller.

 

Achras

Canscora

Chilocarpus

Chilodia

Erythraea

Euosma

Fagraea

Gardenia

Geniostoma

Gentiana

Hemiandra

Hemigenia

Ichnocarpus

Logania

Lyonsia

Melodinus

Microcorys

Mitrasacme

Mitreola

Monopetaleae

Parsonsia

Sebaeae

Strychnos

Wrightia

 
 
Erythraea, Canscora, Gentiana.
Monopetaleae.
Melodinus.
Ichnocarpus.
Chilodia.
Mitrasacme, Mitreola, Geniostoma.
Sailed 14 March 1868 (RB MSS M44, M notebook recording despatch of plants for Bentham for Flora australiensis, RBG Melbourne).

Please cite as “FVM-68-02-27a,” 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 18 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/vonmueller/letters/68-02-27a