From Ferdinand von Mueller to Maurice Holtze   [1880]

Port Darwin1

(schön getrocknet)

[(nicely pressed)]

782 Elaeocarpus Arnhemicus, F.v.M.
90,

Ipomoea Turpethum, R Br

(war noch nicht von Port Darwin bekannt, und soll unter Ihrem Namen in meinen Werken als von dort angegeben werden, mit andern seltnen Pflanzen Ihrer Flora)

[(was not previously known from Port Darwin and shall be cited as from there under your name in my works, with other rare plants of your flora)]

112 Crotalaria retusa, Linné
107. Luffa Aegyptiaca, Miller.3
74 Jasminum didymum, Forster
98 Hibiscus tiliaceus, Linné.
103. Clerodendron floribundum, R Br.
123

Commersonia

Ich werde Ihnen demnächst den Arten-Namen mittheilen.

[I shall inform you of the species name soon.]4

75.

Dracaena (ohne Frucht)

[(without fruit)]

76. Phyllanthus " "
77. Scaevola Koenigii Vahl.
79. Melaleuca Leucadendron Linné
84. Pterocaulon sphacelatus, Bentham
85. Flemingia lineata, Roxburgh.
86. Trichodesma Zeilanicum,5 R Br.
87. Eriocaulon setaceum, Linné.
91 Lygodium scandens, Swartz.
92 Hypoestis floribunda,6 R Br.
93 Pemphis acida,7 Forster.
94. Psoralea Archeri, F.v.Mueller
95 Grevillea Chrysodendron R Br.
96. Mitrasacme elata, R Brown
80 Calycothrix microphylla, A. Cunn.
81.

Stemodia (ohne Frucht)

[(without fruit)]

97.

Eine Menispermacean Pflanze welche ich nach Ihnen nennen will, wenn Sie Blumen beider Geschlechter u reife Früchte senden wollen.

[A menispermaceous plant which I want to name after you, if you will send flowers of both genders and ripe fruit.]8

82 Cyperus Haspan, Linné.
99.

Hibiscus

nahe H. tiliaceus, aber die Blumen scheinen nicht gelb zu sein u die Früchte fehlen.

[near H. tiliaceus, but the flowers do not appear to be yellow and fruit are lacking.]

100.

Grewia ohne Frucht

[without fruit]

83

Stylidium

könnte ich Früchte und einige sorgfältig (in einem Buche) getrockneten Blumen erhalten

[could I have fruit and some flowers carefully pressed (in a book)]

101

Euphorbia (giftig)

[(poisonous)]

102 Helicteres Isora, L.
104. Sida retusa L.
105. Tribulus pentandrus, FvM
106.

Vitis

perhaps a form of V. trifolia L. Ich möchte mehr Exemplare besonders auch reife Früchte haben. Sind Knollen an der […]9

[perhaps a form of V. trifolia L. I should like to have more specimens, in particular also ripe fruit. Are there tubers on the [...]]

Calycothrix microphylla

Clerodendron floribundum

Commersonia

Crotalaria retusa

Cyperus Haspan

Dracaena

Elaeocarpus Arnhemicus

Eriocaulon setaceum

Euphorbia

Flemingia lineata

Grevillea Chrysodendron

Grewia

Helicteres Isora

Hibiscus tiliaceus

Hibiscus tiliaceus

Hypoestis floribunda

Ipomoea Turpethum

Jasminum didymum

Luffa Aegyptiaca

Lygodium scandens

Melaleuca Leucadendron

Mitrasacme elata

Pemphis acida

Phyllanthus

Psoralea Archeri

Pterocaulon sphacelatus

Scaevola Koenigii

Sida retusa

Stemodia

Stylidium

Tribulus pentandrus

Trichodesma Zeilanicum

Vitis trifolia

NT.

Nos 78, 112, 74, 103, 77, 84, 85, 86, 87, 93, 94, 95, 96, 80, 81, 97, 82, 99, 105 are each marked with a cross.

Cucumis acida, Jacquin deleted.

See M to M. Holtze, 26 May 1881.

T. zeylanicum?

Hypoestes floribunda?

P. acidula?

See also M to M. Holtze, 22 July 1883. There is no species named by M after Holtze in the Menispermaceae (IPNI, accessed 6 January 2020).

Sentence not completed after starting a new line with der.

Fragment is undated but the specimens carrying these numbers listed in AVH (accessed 6 January 2020) are dated to the year 1880. The translation is included within the text in square brackets.

Please cite as “FVM-80-00-00g,” 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 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/vonmueller/letters/80-00-00g