To Joseph Hooker   28 July 1884

28/7/841

 

The enclosed Lycopodium, dear Sir Joseph, was sent to me as distinct from L. Phlegmaria by Mr Bailey. It seems to me very doubtful whether it can be regarded as anything more than an extremely robust form of that species. But as I am still working away from my office at Dr Büttner’s mansion, I have neither the material for comparison readily available, nor Mr Baker’s essays on Lycopodiaceae accessible. Perhaps you would give me your or his opinion on this particular plant. I hope Mr Bakers writings on the Lycopodiaceae can appear in a connected form; it is very inconvenient to use them in their present scattered state of publication.

Regardfully your

ferd. von Mueller2

 

Lycopodiaceae

Lycopodium Phlegmaria

1
Annotated: Thank for further [duplicate].
2

The sheet is annotated below M’s signature:

In J.G. Baker’s hand: This precisely agrees with a typical specimen of the Lycopodium phlegmaroides of Gaudichaud, figured Freycin. Voyage t. 23 [Freycinet (1824-44), 7 Botanique, p. 281 (1830)] but it is scarcely I think worth separating specifically from Phlegmaria. We have several specimens just like to from Fiji; Gaudichaud’s type is from Rawak. J. G. Baker Kew herb. Oct 15 1884.

In D. Oliver’s hand: house for Kew.

Please cite as “FVM-84-07-28a,” 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 27 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/vonmueller/letters/84-07-28a