From Frederick Bailey1    5 December 1887

Dear Baron

I have just met with an interesting new Cupania of which I send you a specimen It is a large shrub or small tree and grows within a few miles of Brisbane but in a locality where I have only lately visited I intend describing it in my second supplement but know you would like a specimen

Ever yours very truly

F M Bailey

 

I shall describe it in my coming Supplement (Cupania shirleyana2

 

Cupania shirleyana

1
MS annotation by M: 'Answ 10/12/87.' Letter not found. Bailey’s letter is dated to 5 December from his “in and out letter and packet book”, letter register, book 1, Queensland Herbarium, Brisbane.
2
There is no closing bracket. Bailey described Cupania shirleyana in Bailey (1888a), p. 15.

Please cite as “FVM-87-12-05,” 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 29 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/vonmueller/letters/87-12-05