From Ferdinand von Mueller to the Linnean Society of New South Wales   [May 1894]1

[Baron von Mueller communicated a list of mosses collected at Tamworth by C. T. Musson, Esq., in 1890, and named by Herr Adalbert Geheeb, 1894. — Ptychomitrium commutatum, C Müller; Leskea calochlora, C.M.; Bryum argenteum, L., var., niveum; B. subleptothecium, C.M.; Funaria hygrometrica, Hedwig; Zygodon Preissianus, Hampe; Brentelia2 pendula, Hooker; Thuidium erectum, Hampe.]3

Brentelia pendula

Bryum argenteum var. niveum

Leskea calochlora

Ptychomitrium commutatum

Thuidium erectum

Zygodon Preissianus

Letter not found. The text given here is from the report of 'Notes and exhibits' presented at the meeting of the Linnean Society of NSW held on May 1894, Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, New series, vol. 9, p. 361.

Breutelia?

No known letters between Musson and M in 1890 mention mosses, and no 1894 letter from A. Geheeb to M has been found.

Please cite as “FVM-94-05-00a,” 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/94-05-00a