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Physical location:

Notebook, Colonial Botanist, Queensland Herbarium, Brisbane. 79.04.12

Plant names

Preferred Citation:

Frederick Bailey to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1879-04-12. 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/1870-9/1879/79-04-12-final.odt>, accessed June 10, 2026

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Letter not found; item is a notebook summary only, dated 12 April [1879], with identifications added that were evidently supplied by M.
[Sent Baron Mueller a few grasses for his opinion relative to nomenclature
No I. Sorghum sp near Sor. fulvum
2
Annotated: 'This Baron Mueller make one of the forms of Andr. Australis Spr. | Benth Sorghum plumosum Beau'.
No II. Panicum ? gibbosum Bth
3
Annotated: '( P. ctenanthum )'.
No III. P.
4
Annotated: '(supposed P. repens)'.
No IV. P.
5
Annotated: 'tall glabrous form of P. parviflora' [Poa parviflora?]
No V. P.
6
Annotated: '(P. rarum RBr)'.
No VI. Orthopogon
7
Annotated: 'imbecillis R.Br.'
No VII O.
8
Annotated: 'aemulus or compositus'.
No VII
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9
Anotated: 'a delicate form of A. montana' [
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montanus?].
No IX A.
10
Annotated: 'a very coarse form of same'.
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