Perhaps you & Bentham have not the first edit of Linné's syst. nat (of 1735).1 I find at p. 9, that he has Lens as a genus, though (of course) the name only. Still it is entitled to be mentioned thus far as generic authority2
I have quoted the first edition in my census of Austral plant-genera, now in type,3 wherever it had priority. "Sassafras" occurs also at p. 9.
I was greatly pleased with the figure of Micraira4 I subscribe to all your & Bentham's publications, Bot. Mag., Genera, icones, &c &c for my private library.
Lens
Micraira
Sassafras
Linnaeus (1735).
Bentham & Hooker (1862-83), vol. 1, p. 525 attribute Lens to Grenier and Godron (1848-56), vol. 1, p. 476.
B82.13.08.
Micraira subulifolia was illustrated in J. Hooker (1867-89), vol. 14, t. 1361, p. 43, issued in October 1881.
Correspondent identified by the reference to Bentham & Hooker (1862-83), and to Bentham. Dated to late 1881 by the reference to figure of Micraira, and to B82.13.08 being in press.
Please cite as “FVM-81-11-00,” 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