From Joseph Hooker1    28 April 1880

April 28/80

My dear Mueller

There is variability in the color of various Cruciferae2 but I do not remember any of that from yellow to white, except Raphanus Raphanistrum & the [Austn] Drabas as to which whether from hybridization or variation I cannot tell but in the Herbm it seems impossible always to define the golden from the white [fld.] except by color of flower.

Of course you know how variable Cheiranthi are

As to your Polypodium Mr Baker has carefully examined it again & regards it as a mere state of Nephrod. decompositum wanting the involucre & he regards Pol. rufescens Blume as an analogous form of the less divided variety of the same species3

Ever most sincy yr

J D Hooker

 

Cheiranthus

Cruciferae

Draba

Nephrodium decompositum

Polypodium rufescens

Raphanus Raphanistrum

1
MS embossed with crest of Royal Gardens Kew. MS annotation by M: 'Answ 18/6/80 FvM'; see M to J. Hooker, 18 June 1880.
2
See M to J. Hooker, 3 March 1880.
3
See M to J. Hooker, 3 March 1880.

Please cite as “FVM-80-04-28,” 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/80-04-28