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RB MSS M24, Library, Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne. 94.06.24
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Pterostylis reflexa
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Ferdinand von Mueller to Thomas Hart, 1894-06-24. 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/94-06-24>, accessed September 11, 2025
24/6/94.
I owe you still an answer to your letter, received some few weeks ago,
dear Mr Hart, but now in the quietness of the Sunday, while bringing up some arrear
correspondence, I come also to your Pterostylis for examining it closely. It is a
form of P. reflexa, in the limitation of the species, as adopted for the Fl. Australiensis.
The leaves are smaller, than usual, indeed bract like. If more than one species become
comprehended under the name P. reflexa, then the absolute limits of the specific forms
have not yet been pointed out. Let me hope, that your prospects are brightening, and
that your health is firm.
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See T. Hart to M, 11 April 1894.
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Bentham (1863-78), vol. 6, p. 359.
Regardfully your
Ferd von Mueller
The Campaspe
locality is new for P. P.
reflexa, and will be recorded under your honored name. By all means continue searches
for rare plants including aquatics.
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Campapspe River, Vic.
4
Letter repeated in going from one line to the next.