To George Bentham   6 September 1869

6/9/69

 

I received back the Verbenaceae & Myoporinae quite safely, dear Mr Bentham. The close examination of their ovules seems to have given unexpected important results.

Lately I have got a series of Mr Schultz's plants of Arnhem's Land, among them Helicteres spicata of Roxb & a few others new to Australia.1

Mr Forrest brought also a few plants from the interior of W.A. Among these are a new Eriostemon and a few others apparently unknown.2

I trust the supplemental Proteaceae &c will reach you timely & in safety.3

Let me hope you are happy & well

Always your,

Ferd von Mueller.

 

Eriostemon

Helicteres spicata

Myoporinae

Proteaceae

Verbenaceae

1
See M to J. Blackmore, 26 May 1869 (in this edition as 69-05-26b), and M to R. Schomburgk, 8 August 1869. No report by M on Schultz' collection has been found.
2
Eriostemon brucei , B69.10.01, p. 38; see also B70.10.01.
3
Sent in Box 53, per Norfolk , on 14 August 1869 (Notebook recording despatch of plants for Flora Australiensis, RB, MSS M44, Library, Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne).

Please cite as “FVM-69-09-06a,” 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 29 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/vonmueller/letters/69-09-06a