10/8/82
Among what arrived from you to day, dear Mr Ramsay, and for which I am much beholden to you, the fruits of the Cycas interested me particularly. It is the first testimony of a Cycas existing in the Solomon-Group and — so far as can be judged from the fruits alone, it is identical with C. Seemanni1 (Alex Braun) from Fiji. To confirm the identity, it would be desirable to get the male flowers, a few fruit-stalkes and a portion of leaf and the whole leafstalk.
I have just a short article on the Fiji-Cycas passing through the press, & can therefore mention at once this contribution of yours. 2 If you can procure other material of Cycadeae from the S. Sea Islands, I shall feel obliged.
Regardfully your
Ferd. von Mueller.
Cycadeae
Cycas Seemanni
Please cite as “FVM-82-08-10,” 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 28 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/vonmueller/letters/82-08-10