It is likely that, in his letter received by Bailley on 10 April (see register entry M to F. Bailey, April 1890, in this edition as 90-04-00b), M had requested additional specimens. He had complained that Bailey sent insufficient material in M to W. Thiselton-Dyer, 27 March 1890, where he also said that 'his Alsophila Capensis is A Rebeccae!'.
Alsophila rebeccae.
The Alsophila muelleri listed in IPNI is a recombination made in 1970, based on Baker's Cyathea muelleri from New Guinea of 1890. Bailey evidently distinguised specimens of Alsophila he regarded as a new species, but this was not mentioned in Bailey (1889).
Mt Bellenden Ker, Qld?
Letter not found; item is a register entry only, dated 10 April 1890.
Please cite as “FVM-90-04-10b,” 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