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58.03.00b

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Ferdinand von Mueller to William Woolls, 1858-03 [58.03.00b]. R.W. Home, Thomas A. Darragh, A.M. Lucas, Sara Maroske, D.M. Sinkora, J.H. Voigt and Monika Wells (eds), Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller, <https://vmcp.rbg.vic.gov.au/id/58-03-00b>, accessed April 18, 2025

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Letter not found. For the text given here, see Sydney morning herald, 22 March 1858, p. 8, in a letter to the Editor by Woolls.
[With respect to the species which I had referred to,
Perotis

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, I have been informed by Dr. F. Mueller that it is the
Microlaena stipoides

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of Brown
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Robert Brown ((1773-1858).
— a species which the doctor says ranges over New Zealand, South Australia, Australia Felix, Tasmania, and the whole of New South Wales. He also remarks, in allusion to
Lepturus repens

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(a grass which I have lately found growing even in General Macarthur’s garden) that he had searched for it in all his journeys without success.]
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Woolls added: 'The deep interest which Dr. Mueller has manifested in the botany of the Parramatta district is a subject of congratulation to every one who is anxious to develope the vegetable resources of the colony, and I feel assured that any remarks which he may publish respecting our Eucalypti or other genera will be read with great attention.'