24/10/83
It may be of interest to you, honored Sir, to learn, that on my representations the Government of this Colony has purchased the Sonderian collections; these have arrived in 38 cases, and I shall next week unpack these treasures in the Museum of my establishment. 1 I bring this under your and your excellent sons consideration, as you may wish me to contribute also from the Sonderian collection, as well as from my own Australian and Extra-Australian Herbarium to the material of future monographies, which I will be happy to do, as I did for the Cucurbitaceae. 2 For a monography of Myoporinae I have 80 plates drawn; but only in 1884 they will be lithographed. If you like to have the descriptions in the "monogr. phanerog." before I publish them in my independent illustrated Monography (collateral to the Eucalyptography) I will be happy to send you the msc., and I could citate then the Monogr. Phanerogam. — But in making this frank and disinterested offer, you will kindly understand, that I do not for a moment wish to be intrusive. Many species have been added since the Myoporinae in the 5th vol. of the Flora Australiensis 3 appeared, and some corrections have to be made. The text would be less than Juncagineae 4 and Alismaceae 5 taken together as the specific descriptions need not be very extensive; the few Extra-Australian Myoporinae I have in my collection here. 6
Regardfully your
Ferd. von Mueller.
Has the question about the appearance of Lam. ever been set right by Furnier.7
Alismaceae
Cucurbitaceae
Juncagineae
Myoporinae.
Please cite as “FVM-83-10-24b,” 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 18 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/vonmueller/letters/83-10-24b