The correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller: 14/4/78. ¶ ¶ This day, dear Mr Bailey, I got your little package. ¶ ¶ The supposed Caesia is Arthropodium paniculatum, RBr, a species not previously found in Q.L. ¶ ¶ As regards the grasses, it wil...

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Physical location:

ML MSS B202, Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney. 78.04.14a

Plant names

Arthropodium paniculatum
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Preferred Citation:

Ferdinand von Mueller to Frederick Bailey, 1878-04-14 [78.04.14a]. 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//letters/1870-9/1878/78-04-14a-final.odt>, accessed June 13, 2026

14/4/78.

This day, dear Mr Bailey, I got your little package.

The supposed is , RBr, a species not previously found in Q.L.

Qld.

As regards the grasses, it will be best to judge for yourself, when you get the copy of vol. VII in a few months.

Bentham (1863-78), vol. 7, p 449-670.

You can then adopt the specific & generic limitations either of Mr Bentham or myself. Bentham has been very liberal , too much so, in the admission of both genera & species, & his disposition of the genera is to a great measure artificial but not natural, genera of the closest alliance being often placed far apart into different tribes

Regardfully

Ferd. von Mueller