24/11/62
Dear Professor.
By this mail I have forwarded to you the manuscript of the record on the plants of F Gregorys North West Australian Expedition,1 also the last 5 No of my fragmenta, in which some of these plants are described. I have not sent the plates, as they would be crushed by being sent by bookpost, but they can & will be sent at a later date, as I have to send you soon seeds & dried plants by sailing vessel & the continuations of my works.
I beg to enclose a few seeds fresh collected of the remarkable Cathartocarpus Brewsteri from the Burdekin. It is a noble & most handsome tree & thus well worthy of bearing the name of the Veteran Savant of your city, who, I believe, is not aware of my having paid him this slight token of respect some years since.2 The species is very singular for the spherical nodes, which are born3 by the lower filaments.
The enclosed paragraph is a copy of a letter which I received from your energetic and ingenious pupil Dr Kirk.4
Ever most regardfully
yr
Ferd Mueller
Can I do anything for the R.S. of Edinburgh
Cathartocarpus Brewsteri
Please cite as “FVM-62-11-24a,” 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