The correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller: July 6. 1874. ¶ Brisbane ¶ Dear Baron ¶ ¶ I have to thank you for a number of the Fragmenta, & for a resumé of ¶ ¶ [Marches] ¶ ¶ usuelles ¶ usual matters? ¶ . Further I want your assistance with th...

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Physical location:

RB MSS M51, Library, Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne. 74.07.06

Preferred Citation:

Charles Prentice to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1874-01-01. 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/1870-9/1874/74-01-01b-final.odt>, accessed May 15, 2026

MS annotation by M: 'Answ 28/7/74'. Letter not found.

July 6. 1874.

Brisbane

Dear Baron

I have to thank you for a number of the Fragmenta, & for a resumé of [Marches] usuelles

usual matters?

. Further I want your assistance with the Enclosed well marked plant, brought to me as you see it, in a dried state, and which I cannot satisfy myself about.

Note pinned to MS: 'Brought to me from Moreton island' [Qld].

I have only just seen the sixth vol. of the Fl. Australiensis: as to the irritability of Arthrochilus, a better if later name than Drakaea, I can only say I have tried many of the flowers, & can detect very little or no true irritability, though the [bruneus]

brunneus?

colour is usually accompanied by it, notably in Caleana, & in the labellum of Pterostylis acuminata.

Caladeni a cae rulea is a common sps about Brisbane, but not noticed as a Queensland plant.

Ar e thusa [ virginea ]

Neither Arethusa virginea, nor a less likely reading as A. virginica, has been found (APNI, IPNI accessed 28 June 2023)

in its early winter form, is both in locality and appearance different enough from our Common C. carnea.

Is there a specific difference between Polypodium urophyllum, and your Goniopt. Kennedyii?

Goniopteris kennedyi?

the former or what I have been accustomed to call such I found in a single locality near Brisbane long since; the latter I only Remember from a fragment brought me by Mr Bailey which I cannot now find. I should like mightily to have a week's inspection of your Melbourne herbarium.

I have lately seen a few ferns collected by Dallachy, & given by him to an amateur; northern ferns, all common species, except perhaps your unluckily named Alsoph. Rebeccae,

Alsophila Rebeccae.

and since renamed;

Named by M in B65.07.03, reputedly to honour Rebecca Nordt (Maroske (1997) ) . No use of a different name before 1 929 has been found (APNI, accessed 23 June 2023); it is recognised as a good species in Bentham 1863-78), vol. 7 (1878) p. 710 , and is listed in B89.12 . 03.

yet he seems to have been a most successful collector.

Believe me, dear Baron

very Sincerely Yours

Chas . Prentice.

Alsophila Rebeccae

Arethusa virginea

Arthrochilus

Caladenia caerulea

Caladenia carnea

Caleana

Drakaea

Goniopteris Kennedyii

Polypodium urophyllum

Pterostylis acuminata