Some simplification among the genera of Coniferae is necessary. You will have observed that I insisted on the reduction of Frenela to Callitris in my elucidation of the fossil genus Spondylostrobus.1 You will find the2 appendix to the Accl. Soc. Report for this year also Retinospora [reduced] as well as Chamaecyparis to Cupressus.3
Callitris
Chamaecyparis
Coniferae
Cupressus
Frenela
Retinospora
Spondylostrobus
B71.05.02, p.49, where M also treated Actinostrobus as a sub-genus of Callitris; see also B71.06.02, p. 33. Bentham (1863-78), vol. 6, p. 239, preferred Frenela to Callitris.
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B71.06.02; both generic reductions are on p. 31.
The correspondent is identified as Bentham since M knew he would be working during 1872 on the Coniferae for Bentham (1863-78), vol. 6; see J. Hooker to M, 20 November 1872.
MS dated to May 1871 as the earliest possible date it could have been sent, given M's reference to his published description of Spondylostrobus in B71.05.02. The reference to B71.06.02, listed as a 'recent publication' by the Argus on 6 June 1871, p. 6, suggests that M expected his note to reach Bentham before this publication did.
Please cite as “FVM-71-05-00b,” 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