From Charles Moore1    20 March 1864

Botanic Gardens

20th March 186[4]

Dear Dr Mueller

By my friend Mr John Reid the bearer who is my partner in a sheep station on the Barcoo I send you a few specimens of the Alsophila which I found on the Bellinger2 & which I consider to be quite distinct and undescribed. I find in my herbarium specimens of the same plant from the Logan river3 collected there by Mr W. Hill In appearance this plant bears a strong resemblance to Alsophila australis but differs in the following respect

1st

It is not so robust in habit the stem being more slender & the fronds shorter

2d

In the stem being comparatively smooth & free from the bases of stipes until near the top

3d

In the fronds being quite Glaucous beneath […]4
 

Alsophila australis

 
1
While the letter is incomplete and lacks a signaure, the hand is Moore’s.
2
Barcoo and Bellinger Rivers, NSW.
3
South-east Qld.
4
An unknown amount of text missing.

Please cite as “FVM-64-03-20,” in Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller, edited by R.W. Home, Thomas A. Darragh, A.M. Lucas, Sara Maroske, D.M. Sinkora†, J.H. Voigt† and Monika Wells accessed on 18 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/vonmueller/letters/64-03-20