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ML MSS.562, Letters to E. P. Ramsay 1862-91, Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney. 82.08.10
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Cycadeae
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Cycas Seemanni
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Preferred Citation:
Ferdinand von Mueller to Edward Ramsay, 1882-08-10. 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/1880-9/1882/82-08-10-final.odt>, accessed June 4, 2026
10/8/82
Among what arrived from you to day, dear Mr Ramsay, and for which I am much beholden
to you, the fruits of the Cycas interested me particularly. It is the first testimony
of a Cycas existing in the Solomon-Group and — so far as can be judged from the fruits
alone, it is identical with C. Seemanni
(Alex Braun) from Fiji. To confirm the identity, it would be desirable to get the
male flowers
, a few
fruit-stalkes
and a portion of
leaf
and the
whole
leafstalk
.
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Cycas seemannii
?
I have just a short article on the Fiji-Cycas passing through the press, & can therefore
mention at once this contribution of yours.
If you can procure other material of
from the S. Sea Islands, I shall feel obliged.
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B82.08.02 mentions Ramsay's specimen.
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Regardfully your
Ferd. von Mueller.