22/10/90.
The Pultenaea, sent by you, dear Mr Deane,1 constitutes a state of P. cordata (Graham), which in its turn has been reduced by me to P. juniperina.2 This state of the plant is new for NSW and shall be recorded under your honored name It remind externally also of P. stypheloides.3
I still hope, that Aldrovanda vesiculosa will yet be found in swamps or ponds of N.S.W., if such were carefully searched, best by drawing the floating or submerged plants out by means of a long-handled rake. It is often entangled among Utriculariae with much divided foliage in Europe and Asia.
Regardfully
your
Ferd. von Mueller.4
Aldrovanda vesiculosa
Pultenaea cordata
Pultenaea juniperina
Pultenaea stypheloides
Utricularia
See H. Deane to M, 21 October 1890.
A formal reduction by M has not been found. He does not cite a reference to his own works in his Census, B89.12.03, p. 63, referencing only Bentham (1863-78), vol. 2, p. 131, Pultenaea juniperina, where P. cordata is placed in synonomy. When discussing the genus in M to W. Hooker, 15 March 1858, M wrote 'Pult. cordata is nothing else than the broad-leaved form of Pultenaea juniperina'.
P. styphelioides?
Deane evidently shared M's letter with William Woolls, who returned it on 4 November 1890, enclosing seeds 'of "Euchlaena luxurians" or Teosinte a gigantic fodder plant'. About 35 seeds remain folded within the letter.
Please cite as “FVM-90-10-22,” 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