The correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller: 22/1/83 ¶ ¶ To day, dear Prof Tate, I got from you a parcel of dried plants, but no letter. As I can manage to make an hour free, I just note at once some remarks on these specimens. ¶ ¶ Agrostis fr...

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Agropyron scabrum
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Agrostis Solandri
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Deyeuxia
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Diplachne loliiformis
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Isolepis
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Preferred Citation:

Ferdinand von Mueller to Ralph Tate, 1883-01-22 [83.01.22a]. 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/1880-9/1883/83-01-22a-final.odt>, accessed June 4, 2026

22/1/83

To day, dear Prof Tate, I got from you a parcel of dried plants, but no letter. As I can manage to make an hour free, I just note at once some remarks on these specimens.

Agrostis from Noarlunga & Lake George

SA.

= large form of Agr. Solandri. I adopted that name in the Chatham Isl. Flora,

B64.10.02, p. 60.

because includes only 2 or 3 forms of the 8 or 9 united by me under the name of the Botanist who first of all referred this grass to its correct genus. The other Agrostis from Narracourt

Naracoorte, SA.

is the smallest form of the same species; many intermediate varieties occur, in which the sterile flower is more or less developed. Thus the genus falls to the ground

! Introduced

This and the following four names are each marked with a tick in the margin.

6 , J.Hk.

10 , Palisot

Danthonia Cape Northumberland

SA, south of Mt Gambier.

= D. penicillata var. Also a small form from Dismal Swamp

SA.

& Narracourt. One of the most variable grasses in existence.

without label

3 & 4

Exceedingly variable, as I found by my thousands of miles of walks & rides among this grass.

This name and the one above it are each marked with a tick in the margin, presumably made by Tate.

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1, 4, 5 Scirpus, sect .

2 Penola:

SA.

L X3

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Rottenest

Rottnest Island, WA.

"1,

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Cladium from Near Mt M'Intrye = C. Radula (new for S.A.)

Mt Graham:

Leptorrh. panaetiodes

Leptorhynchos pannaetioides?

= L. squamatus

Caladenia, only form of C. carnea

; doubtless introduced like Lythrum hyssopif.

&c. If it were a native we would find it on many places, as it easily disseminates itself.

Melaleuca from Penola = M. pustulata J.H.

Fruit desirable.

I should like to reexamine all the s, but it cannot be done satisfactorily, without ripe fruit of each of them being provided

Regardfully your

Ferd von Mueller

I will examine the few other plants soon.