From William MacDonald to Ferdinand von Mueller   26 Sep 1892

Sept 26th 1892

My Dear Baron

Herewith under seperate Cover I send branchlets as follows1

183 Flindersia leaf specimen only as requested flower not yet obtainable This is a tall noble tree as described before when forwarded with 5 parted fruit April 21st (last)2

184 Like Hymenosporum? (a Small tree)

185 & 186 From Dr Casement who thinks these pretty creepers are Geitenospleniums?3

187 One of our Gum tree Eucalypts?

Yours very Sincerely

Wm MacDonald

Many Sincere thanks for your kind information re [Mallu] and Fibres forwarded thro my kind and punctual brother. I have embodied the former in my paper and since I have asked the Dr to take up the matter of fibres and the native food productions of the forest. I have taken the liberty of giving him the information from you

Wm MacD

Baron Sir F. Von Mueller

KC.M.G

etc etc

Flindersia

Geitenosplenium

Hymenosporum

A first item, 'No 182', has been deleted by MacDonald.

Letter not found.

Geitonoplesiums?

MS found with a specimen of Elattostachys nervosa (MEL 2250806).

Please cite as “FVM-92-09-26a,” 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/92-09-26a