To Joseph Hooker   12 October 1882

12/10/82

 

These fragments of an only specimen, dear Sir Joseph, may interest Mr Clarke. 1 The description of the species will appear in the Oct. Number of the Southern Science Record. 2 I have made special monetary arrangements now for obtaining fuller collections from thence. 3

Regardfully your

Ferd. von Mueller.

 
1
Annotated: The fragments are Boea Treubii , Forbes In Journ Linn. Soc 19 p. 297 C. B. Clarke.
2
M gave the plant the name D idymocarpus l awesii in B82.10.03, p. 229.
3
i.e. from New Guinea. Forbes (1882) had described the species from a collection made in Sumatra.

Please cite as “FVM-82-10-12,” 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 27 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/vonmueller/letters/82-10-12