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RBG Kew, Kew Correspondence, Australia, Mueller, 1882-90, f. 37. 82.10.12

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Ferdinand von Mueller to Joseph Hooker, 1882-10-12. 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/1880-9/1882/82-10-12-final.odt>, accessed June 16, 2026

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Annotated: ansrd N[ov] 28/82 JH. Letter not found.
12/10/82
These fragments of an only specimen, dear Sir Joseph, may interest Mr Clarke.
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Annotated: The fragments are Boea Treubii , Forbes In Journ Linn. Soc 19 p. 297 C. B. Clarke.
The description of the species will appear in the Oct. Number of the Southern Science Record.
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M gave the plant the name D idymocarpus l awesii in B82.10.03, p. 229; the specimen MEL 574628 has a label in M's hand identifying the species as 'Synaphanthera lawessii, F. v. M. | Near Mt Owen Stanley | 1882. Rev. W. G. Lawes' and another immediately beneath it 'S. E. Papua | 1882. Rev W. G. Lawes.' No record of a published genus Synaphanthera has been found.
I have made special monetary arrangements now for obtaining fuller collections from thence.
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i.e. from New Guinea. H. Forbes (1882) had described the species from a collection made in Sumatra.
Regardfully your
Ferd. von Mueller.