From Ferdinand von Mueller to William Carruthers 11 Mar 1887
11/3/87.
Herewith, dear Mr Carruthers, I send specimens of two Papuan palms, which Mr Ridley may wish to examine and (if new) to describe. They are both from Capt Everills Expedition.1
Regardfully
your
Ferd von Mueller
Will send the names of many of Mr Forbes's plants.2
Henry Forbes. M was describing the dicotyledonous species from his New Guinea collections, an arrangement agreed with the British Museum (Natural History); see W. Carruthers to M, 1 March 1886.
Please cite as “FVM-87-03-11b,” 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 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/vonmueller/letters/87-03-11b