To William Macarthur   12 May 1874

Melbourne

12/5/74.

 

Herewith, dear Sir William, I beg to send you a copy of a print, in which I restored your honored name among ferntrees,1 having nearly 10 years ago, after Sir Will. Hooker had returned my whole collection of Alsophilae unnamed and ignorant or inconscious of the desire of our late friend to honor you similarly, given the then for you intended Alsophila away to the memory of Leichhardt, and of whose collection I had an autographic specimen, gathered in 1842, so that he appeared to be the first who discriminated that particular tree-fern2

With deep regards

Ferd. von Mueller

 

Alsophila

 
1
M described Hemitelia Macarthuri in B74.04.01, p. 176.
2
Alsophila leichhardtiana , described by M in B65.07.03, p. 53.

Please cite as “FVM-74-05-12,” 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 25 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/vonmueller/letters/74-05-12