4 November [1892]1
MEMORANDUM.
A packet containing seeds, as per list annexed, has been received from the Chief Commissioner of the Forest Department, Burma, and will be forwarded to the Government Botanist.2
E.J. Thomas
Secretary to the Premier
The Government Botanist
| Bamboo seeds. | Systematic Name. | Burmese name. |
| One Case from Tenasserim Circle. | Bambusa Affinis Oxytenanthera Albocitiata3 Bambusa Arundinacea Dendrocalamus Strictus. |
Thaikwa. Wagak. Kyakatwa. Myniwa |
| Two packets from Upper Burma | 1 Dendrocalamus membranaceus. 2. Dendrocalamus Hamiltonii. Bambusa Tulda |
*Wapyu. *Wahomyat sangyi. * Thanatwa |
* These three kinds are at present under identification. Scientific names will be communicated when finally determined.
N.B. The varieties numbered 1. & 2. have since been identified by the above scientific names.
Bambusa Affinis
Bambusa Arundinacea
Dendrocalamus Strictus
Oxytenanthera Albocitiata
editorial addition.
M's reply dated 12 November 1892 has not been found, but it was registered with the precis, 'Bamboo seeds — that Burmese Govt be thanked for their present of seeds' (No. 2739, VPRS 1164 register of inwards correspondence, vol. 11, VA 672 Premier's Office, Public Record Office, Victoria). M's letter was acknowledged in E. Thomas to M, 28 November 1892 (in this edition as 92-11-28a).
O. albociliata?
Please cite as “FVM-92-11-04a,” 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