29/5/82.
In writing to you, dear Prof. Tate, I forgot to mention, that Gregorys Report on the North Australian Expedition is contained in the Journal of the Royal Geographic Society of 1858.1
You will see now yourself, that it best to give up the Monochlamydeae, when you compare Polycarpaea with Gomphrena (&c &c), which Bentham & Hooker still keep far asunder.
I will in a few days write something more about several of the plants left unexamined.2
Regardfully your
Ferd. von Mueller.
The "Quinintree" of which you sent the capsules = Petalostigma quadriloculare. It contains no Quinin.3
Gomphrena
Monochlamydeae
Petalostigma quadriloculare
Polycarpaea
Please cite as “FVM-82-05-29a,” 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 March 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/vonmueller/letters/82-05-29a