From Walter Hill   April 1857

 

48. This is the plant that you informed me poor Lecherd1 found. If not already named named after Lecherd for it is one of the finest flowering tree I have met with yet. when in flower we can see at a large distance if among others2

1
Leichhardt?
2
A separate note by Hill with the same specimen: ‘Pine River near Brisbane growing generally on the out skirts of the [woods] having from 20 to 60 feet in hight. it is indeed a splendid plant.’ MS annotation by M: ‘Barklya syringifolia FM’.

Please cite as “FVM-57-04-00a,” 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 18 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/vonmueller/letters/57-04-00a