The correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller: [May or later, 1866] ¶ ¶ I have great doubt that the tree so common about Edgecombe Bay ¶ could be Eucalyptus largiflorens, it belonging to Leiophloiae & not to the Desert but jungle country. ¶ ...

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Physical location:

RBG Kew, Kew correspondence, Australia, Mueller,1858-70, f. 17. 66.05.00b

Plant names

Eucalyptus largiflorens
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Preferred Citation:

Ferdinand von Mueller to [George Bentham], 1866-05 [66.05.00b]. R.W. Home, Thomas A. Darragh, A.M. Lucas, Sara Maroske, D.M. Sinkora, J.H. Voigt and Monika Wells (eds), Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller, <https://vmcp.rbg.vic.gov.au/id//letters/1860-9/1866/66-05-00b-final.odt>, accessed June 4, 2026

The correspondent is most likely to have been G. Bentham, as M wrote such short notes to him while they were working on Flora australiensis.

[May or later, 1866]

editorial addition. Dated on the basis that M to G. Bentham, 26 June 1866, in this edition as 66-06-26a includes similar comments about Eucalyptus specimens returned from Kew per Lincolnshire, arriving in Melbourne on 3 April 1866 (Argus, 1 May 1866, p. 4).

I have great doubt that the tree so common about Edgecombe Bay

Qld., also spelled ‘Edgecumbe’

could be , it belonging to & not to the Desert but jungle country.

No valediction or signature.