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From William McGowan to Ferdinand von Mueller   25 July 1890

Launceston1

25th July 1890

Baron F. von Mueller

Dear Sir

Under separate cover I am sending you a few small pieces of fertile frond from the Cyathea of which I wrote to you some time ago.2 There has been some difficulty in procuring fronds with fruit from the smaller specimens but the gentleman who procured them for me managed to secure them from the tall specimen by means of a rifle.

The longest piece enclosed was taken from a small specimen, but the small piece is from the large specimen, of which you have the photo, as you will see they are of the same species. I hope these will be sufficient for the purpose of indentification.

I shall be glad to hear from you at your convenience.

I remain

Yours

W. McGowan

Supt. Public Reserves

Cyathea

1

Tas.

2

Letter not found, but se M to W. McGowan, June 1890 (in this edition as 90-06-00f).

3

MS found with a specimen of Cyathea cunninghamii (MEL 224447), marked as collected in Tasmania, 1890.

Please cite as “FVM-90-07-25,” 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/90-07-25