From William Hooker   1865

 

I say it with great regret & with shame: — but I feel utterly incompetent to name these Alsophilae.1 My own are very unsatisfactory: & either we have too many or two2 few species. I believe they are very variable & it is rare we have more than fragment's of the species.

W.J.H.

 

Alsophila

1
M to W. Hooker, 21 July 1865, refers to Hooker's having returned Alspohila specimens undetermined, and thus appears to be a response to the present document.
2
sic.

Please cite as “FVM-65-00-00h,” 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 1 May 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/vonmueller/letters/65-00-00h