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From Walter Hill to Ferdinand von Mueller   22 June 1878

Botanic Garden

Brisbane 22d June 1878

Baron Von Mueller

Dear Sir

I send per Egmont one package containing specimen of the palm found by me at Cape York.1 I have sent a frond also fruits and I think you have got the flowers. The habit resembles the Seaforthia elegans and grows about the same height. I found it growing about 50 yards from the Caryota urens at Cape York.

Yours truly

Walter Hill

It is a fine palm.

Caryota urens

Seaforthia elegans

1

Qld.

2

MS found with a specimen of Ptychosperma elegans (MEL 2148953), annotated by M: 'Ptychosperma elegans Blume. Cape York. Walt Hill 1875'.

Please cite as “FVM-78-06-22,” 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 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/vonmueller/letters/78-06-22