The correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller: ¶ Enclosed the fruit of a creeper which climbs up some 100 feet in the high jungle the leaves almost dark green the fruit deep dark red when ripe ¶ ¶ Until now flowers not found I request if the gen...

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Physical location:

RB MSS M124, Library, Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne. 84.00.00j

Preferred Citation:

W. Anthony Persieh to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1884 [84.00.00j]. 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/84-00-00j>, accessed September 10, 2025

MS is an undated fragment in Persieh's hand, found with an unrelated specimen of Freycinetia scandens (MEL 2269346) collected at the Bloomfield River, Qld, in 1884 by E. Bauer. MEL has three specimens of Moreton Bay Ash, Corymbia tessellaris , collected by Persieh at the Endeavour River, Qld: one (MEL 1591807) is undated; the label of a second (MEL 1591808) that is also undated is a portion of a used envelope post-stamped Perth, December 1883, and so must be dated to no earlier than 1884; and the third (MEL 231844) is dated 1884. Persieh's letter is also on this basis dated here to 1884.

Beifolgend die Frucht einer Schlingpflanze die einige 100 Fuss in den hohen Jungeln hinauf klimmt die Blätter fast dunkel grün die Frucht tief dunkelroth wenn reif

Blüthen bis jetzt nicht gefunden erbitte wenn das Genus bekannt den Namen oder wenn Neu gefl Mittheilungen zu machen um die Blüthe zu entdecken

Die Frucht gleicht eine Himbeere

Ich ersuche gef (die Namen der [...] [...] abgesandt pr Mail Octbr 27 v J. sehr oft hier darum früher befragt

Ich bitte [...] zu bemerken ob die hier sogenannten Morton Bay Ash früher geschickt dieselbe sp ist wie in Süden da hiesige ist ausgez. [...] hart u für Naves benutzt u in [...] [...] u selbst als Feuerholz nicht nutzbar

Enclosed the fruit of a creeper which climbs up some 100 feet in the high jungle the leaves almost dark green the fruit deep dark red when ripe

Until now flowers not found I request if the genus is known the name or if new kindly communicate in order to discover the flowers

The fruit resembles a raspberry

I ask kindly the names of the [...] sent off per mail 17 October last year previously very often asked about it here

I beg to remark whether the Morton Bay Ash

Moreton Bay Ash?

so-called here sent earlier is the same species as in the south because the local is exceptionally [...] hard and used for wheel hubs and in [...] and even not useable as fire wood