The correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller: ¶ Musa calosperma ¶ seems to occur only sparingly on the Maclay coast, (that part of the north coast which stretches from Cape Croisilles to Cape King William), ¶ New Guinea. ¶ but is said to be ve...

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85.09.04

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Musa calosperma
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Nikolai Miklouho-Maclay to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1885-09-04. 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/1880-9/1885/85-09-04-final.odt>, accessed June 13, 2026

Letter not found. The text given here is from 'Remarks on a wild Banana of New Guinea', Victorian naturalist . vol. 13 (1896), p. 53 (B96.08.01). See also W. MacGregor to M, 15 December 1895 (in this edittion as 95-12-15a), and W. Fitzgerald to M, 7 February 1896. The quotation is introduced by: 'In a letter written in Sydney on September 4, 1885, the distinguished Russian naturalist mentioned (here translated),'.

seems to occur only sparingly on the Maclay coast, (that part of the north coast which stretches from Cape Croisilles to Cape King William),

New Guinea.

but is said to be very frequent near the south-eastern point of New Guinea and on the Louisiade Archipelagos.