The correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller: ¶ I say it with great regret & with shame: — but I feel utterly incompetent to name these Alsophilae. ¶ My own are very unsatisfactory: & either we have too many or two ¶ few species. I believe the...

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Physical location:

RB MSS M2, Library, Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne. 65.00.00d

Plant names

Alsophila
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Preferred Citation:

William Hooker to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1865 [65.00.00d]. 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/1860-9/1865/65-00-00d-final.odt>, accessed June 4, 2026

MS found with a specimen of Cyathea Leichhardtiana (MEL 714306).

I say it with great regret & with shame: — but I feel utterly incompetent to name these e.

M to W. Hooker, 21 July 1865 (in this edition as 65-07-21a), refers to Hooker's having returned Alspohila specimens undetermined, and thus appears to be a response to the present document.

My own are very unsatisfactory: & either we have too many or two

too?

few species. I believe they are very variable & it is rare we have more than fragment's of the species.

W.J.H.