15/4/90.1
Allow me to ask, dear Mr Dyer, whether the Alsophila Capensis, as occuring in (or recorded from) S. Afr., the Sunda Islands (and perhaps elsewhere in insular India) and in S. America has undisputably been established, by comparing in Conservatories or in bot Museums also the stems from these three regions.2
Regardfully
your Ferd. von Mueller.3
Alsophila Capensis
Date stamped Royal Gardens Kew 26. May. 90. Annotated by Thiselton-Dyer: And 13.7.90 (letter not found).
See M to W. Thiselton-Dyer, 27 March 1890.
Annotation by J. Baker, left page of f. 318 front:
We have in Herb. Kew. good specimens of the Brazilian Hemitelia capensis from Gardner & Glazion, shewing both normal and […] [massed] pinnae, quite undistinguishable in any way from the Cape specimens. Our specimen of the Javan plant, from Blume, is a mere scrap, but shews [cutting] & sori. I am not aware that either the Brazilian or Javan plant has been introduced into cultivation.
J.G.B
May 26 1890
MS black-edged; M's brother-in-law George Doughty died on 26 March 1890.
Please cite as “FVM-90-04-15a,” 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