Musa calosperma seems to occur only sparingly on the Maclay coast, (that part of the north coast which stretches from Cape Croisilles to Cape King William),1 but is said to be very frequent near the south-eastern point of New Guinea and on the Louisiade Archipelagos.
Musa calosperma
New Guinea.
Letter not found. The text given here is from 'Remarks on a wild Banana of New Guinea', Victorian naturalist. vol. 13 (1896), p. 53 (B96.08.01). See also W. MacGregor to M, 15 December 1895 (in this edittion as 95-12-15a), and W. Fitzgerald to M, 7 February 1896. The quotation is introduced by: 'In a letter written in Sydney on September 4, 1885, the distinguished Russian naturalist mentioned (here translated),'.
Please cite as “FVM-85-09-04,” 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