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In reply to your letter of the 19th Apr., dear Dr Dyer, let me say, that I have at once written to several correspondents in the Australian colonies, to secure fruits of Cycas and MacroZamia, according to species in the respective regions. In the colony Victoria no cycadeous plant occurs, as you will note from the “Cenus of Australian Plants”,2 altho’ it is possible, that an outpost of M. spiralis occupies a position on a not yet fully explored small tract of country, difficult of access, between Twofold Bay and Cape Howe.3 So soon, as of any of these plants ripe seeds, (or rather fruits) have arrived, such shall be forwarded to you without delay.
With regardful remembrance
your
Ferd. von Mueller
Cycas
Macrozamia spiralis
Please cite as “FVM-94-06-01,” 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 24 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/vonmueller/letters/94-06-01