From Frederick Bailey   9 June 1895

June 9th [189]51

Dear Baron

While collecting in the Eumundi2 scrub the other day I met with for the first time, a raceme of ripe fruit of your Helicia glabriflora and find it will have to be placed in my Cyanocarpus. There will be no occasion however to alter the specific name. I point this out to you as in any publication where you may speak of the plant it will be well to mention it henceforth as Cyanocarpus glabriflorus.3 Hoping your health continues good I am always yours very truly,

F. Manson Bailey

 

short description of fruit

A drupe form ‑ oblong, about ½ in. long, of a glossy dark blue colour epicarp fleshy and juicy blue like the outside, endocarp chartaceous. Embryo minute Ripe June Hab. Eumundi.

 

Cyanocarpus glabriflorus

Helicia glabriflora

1
editorial addition.
2
Qld.
3
No record of Bailey publishing this name has been found; he used Helecia glabriflora in Bailey (1899-1905), p. 1328.

Please cite as “FVM-95-06-09,” 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 2 May 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/vonmueller/letters/95-06-09