From Theodor Pentzcke to Ferdinand von Mueller   [1890]

[…]1 in der letzten Kist, welche ich sante2 befand sich diese Planze3 ohne Frucht, ein schöner Baum mit Hellbläulicher Blühte, das Holz ist leicht, aus den Verwundungen der Rinde fliesset ein schones4 Harz. hell u klar. ich löste es auf in Spiritus fini.

[…]5 wächst sowohl an der Küste als auch auf 3.000 Fuss hohen Bergen.

[…] in the last case I sent was this plant without fruit, a beautiful tree with light blue flowers. The timber is light, wounds in the bark discharge a beautiful resin, light and clear. I dissolved it in Spiritus vini.6

[…] grows on the coast as well as on 3,000 feet high mountains.

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sandte.

Pflanze.

schönes.

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Spirits of wine: ethanol.

MS found with specimen (MEL 210958) identified by M on one of his herbarium labels: 'Euodia sp. Daintree-River [Qld] 1890 Th Pentzcke'; however in AVH it is recorded as collected by 'Pentzke, T', the name this collector is indexed in George (2009).

Please cite as “FVM-90-00-00e,” 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/90-00-00e