15/1/76.
The plant sent by you, dear Mr Ramsay, is the Curculigo recurvata of Aiton. I gave a full diagnosis of it prior to the 6th vol. of the Flora1 (see Fragm. VIII, 272) which Bentham for reasons unexplained did not quote, though I was the first who showed the occurrence of this plant in Australia
Regardfully yr
Ferd von Mueller
Nothing new from the N.?
Curculigo recurvata
Please cite as “FVM-76-01-15,” 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