Vilele Plantation1
March 24th 1886
Baron Von Mueller
Dear Sir—
By this mail I send a specimen of a most peculiar tree, found growing on a mountain ridge here. The stem & large branches have the bark of a "bloodwood tree" The smaller branches & leaves resemble those of a gum tree
I enclose bark off trunk (rough & brown), bark off top branches, smooth & white, leaves & one seed, & a twig — Height of tree sixty feet.
Yours sincerely
E. Bauer.
Please cite as “FVM-86-03-24,” 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