From William MacDonald to Ferdinand von Mueller   16 Dec 1892

Bellingen1 Decr 16th

1892

My Dear Baron Von Mueller

Herewith enclosed please receive 2 branchlets

1 Eugenia in flower same as I sent you last year with pink colored fruit like a large cherry altho not good to eat

& one with pretty fringed white flower something like an Elaeocarpus

Yours faithfully

Wm MacDonald

Elaeocarpus

Eugenia

NSW.

MS found with a specimen of Elaeocarpus reticulatus (MEL 2226663), collected by MacDonald at the Bellinger River, NSW, 1892.

Please cite as “FVM-92-12-16a,” 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/92-12-16a