2/4/80
Herewith, dear Sir Joseph, I beg to send you a specimen of an Acrostichum, which Mr F. M. Bailey discovered at Trinity Bay some years ago. I have only this one specimen and he has only one other. Would you or Mr Bakerbe so good to compare it with Extra-Australian species, and let me know the result. Should it be new, you may keep then the specimen, but send me a diagnosis.
Regardfully your
Ferd. von Mueller.
Acrostichum
MS annotation by Hooker: 'A. Baileyi F.M. [&] Baker sent May 14/80.'
There is no Acrostichum baileyi or any other Acrostichum with a species epithet honouring Bailey listed in IPNI. However, A. neglectum (Bailey [1881a], p. 32-3) was collected at Trinity Bay in 1877, and is likely to be the species referred to in this letter.
Please cite as “FVM-80-04-02,” 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 19 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/vonmueller/letters/80-04-02