Document information

Physical location:

RB MSS M1, Library, Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne. 90.00.00e

Preferred Citation:

Theodor Pentzcke to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1890 [90.00.00e]. 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/1890-6/1890/90-00-00e-final.odt>, accessed June 10, 2026

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MS found with specimen (MEL 210958) identified by M on one of his herbarium labels: 'Euodia sp. Daintree-River [Qld] 1890 Th Pentzcke'; however in AVH it is recorded as collected by 'Pentzke, T', the name this collector is indexed in George (2009).
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in der letzten Kist, welche ich sante
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sandte.
befand sich diese Planze
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Pflanze.
ohne Frucht, ein schöner Baum mit Hellbläulicher Blühte, das Holz ist leicht, aus den Verwundungen der Rinde fliesset ein schones
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schönes .
Harz. hell u klar. ich löste es auf in Spiritus fini.
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wächst sowohl an der Küste als auch auf 3.000 Fuss hohen Bergen.
[…] in the last case I sent was this plant without fruit, a beautiful tree with light blue flowers. The timber is light, wounds in the bark discharge a beautiful resin, light and clear. I dissolved it in Spiritus vini.
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Spirits of wine: ethanol.
[…] grows on the coast as well as on 3,000 feet high mountains.