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 Bay1 some years ago. I have only this one specimen and he has only one other. Would you or Mr Baker be 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
Qld.
MS annotation by Hooker: 'A. Baileyi F.M. [&] Baker sent May 14/80'. No Acrostichum baileyi or any other Acrostichum with a species epithet honouring Bailey has been found. However, A. neglectum (Bailey (1881a), pp. 32-3, issued August 1880 (Anonymous (1929)) was collected at Trinity Bay in 1877 and is likely to be the species referred to in this letter. The specimen with M's label received at Kew '5/1880' (K1092780) is almost certainly the fern sent with this letter; M did not supply a name.
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