[Sent Baron Mueller stipes &c part of old & young frond of Polypodium tenericaule Wall.? with copious notes asking him to compare it with those of his herbarium1]
Polypodium tenericaule
Combination not published, but see discussion in M to J. Hooker, 3 March 1880. See also Bailey (1881a), p. 31 (issued August 1880; see Anonymous (1929)) under Polypodium pallidum, where he argues that the species is a true Polypodium that was placed with Aspidium tenericaule in Bentham (1863-78), vol. 7, p. 759.
Letter not found; item is a notebook summary only, dated 14 November 1879. This letter is also mentioned in Bailey’s ‘In and out letter and packet book, letter register, Colonial Botanist’, book one, 1879-1894, Queensland Herbarium, Brisbane, where the subject matter of the letter is recorded as ‘nomenclature’.
Please cite as “FVM-79-11-14a,” 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