24/6/94.
I owe you still an answer to your letter, received some few weeks ago,1 dear Mr Hart, but now in the quietness of the Sunday, while bringing up some arrear correspondence, I come also to your Pterostylis for examining it closely. It is a form of P. reflexa, in the limitation of the species, as adopted for the Fl. Australiensis.2 The leaves are smaller, than usual, indeed bract like. If more than one species become comprehended under the name P. reflexa, then the absolute limits of the specific forms have not yet been pointed out. Let me hope, that your prospects are brightening, and that your health is firm.
Regardfully your
Ferd von Mueller
The Campaspe3 locality is new for P. P.4 reflexa, and will be recorded under your honored name. By all means continue searches for rare plants including aquatics.
Pterostylis reflexa
Please cite as “FVM-94-06-24,” 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