From Archibald McDowall to Ferdinand von Mueller 7 Mar 1883
Queensland
Department of Public Lands,
District Survey Office, Maryborough
7th March 1883
MEMORANDUM:
To Baron Von Mueller K.C.M.G.
Melbourne
By this steamer (Howard Smith & Co) I am sending some specimens of Zamia from Fraser Island1 which appear to be different from the E. Douglasii2
The smaller specimens are wrapped in an inner rag and I should like you to examine their roots carefully as there appears to be a sort of Seed growing from them.
The leaves of these specimens instead of growing straight like the Douglasii thus3 have their tips turned back4
and the leafstalk appears rounder, but it is possible they may only be young specimens of the Douglasii
I send also a few leaves of the Douglasii for comparison, they are tied up separately, but I am afraid they will be much faded and dried up by the time you get them.
None of the specimens I found were larger than those I send and they do not look full grown plants, the leaves are few compared with the E. Douglasii
A. M. McDowall
District Surveyor
Encephalartos douglasii
Zamia
Qld. See A. McDowall to M, 21 February 1883 and A. McDowall, 7 March 1883 (in this edition as 83-03-07a).
Encephalartos douglasii.
There is a small sketch included after this word. 83-03-07_image01.jpg
There is a small sketch included to the right of 'have their tips turned back and the leafstalk appears rounder, but it is possible'. 83-03-07_image02.jpg
MS annotation by M: 'Wrote to Damyon'. Correspondent not identified.
Please cite as “FVM-83-03-07,” 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