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Physical location:

RB MSS M46, Library, Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne. 85.06.04b

Plant names

Preferred Citation:

William Woolls to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1885-06-04 [85.06.04b]. 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/1880-9/1885/85-06-04b-final.odt>, accessed June 4, 2026

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MS found with a specimen of Brachiaria sp. (MEL 2142379). MS annotation by M: 'Prosoph'.
Richmond
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NSW.
June 4 /85
My dear Baron
Many thanks for description of new Plant, & also for corrections in my slips.
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Not found.
Whenever the work is printed, I shall most thankfully avail myself of them.
Mrs Kennedy
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Mary B. Kennedy?
has lately sent our friend Mr Wilkinson
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Charles S. Wilkinson?
some grasses which she collected near Silverton
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NSW. Woolls also received specimens of grasses from Silverton at this period; see W. Woolls to M, 8 June 1885 (in this edition as 85-06-08b).
during the late favourable season there
I am rather puzzled about the enclosed & send them to you for determination. I do not want them back again, but I will thank you to correct the names for me
Cyperus squarrosus

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C. — polystachus
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C. polystachyos? MS annotation by M: '= C. Iria'.
Panicum helopus

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P. — Gilesii
P. — Indicum
Diplachne loliiformis

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MS annotation: '!'.
Chrysopogon gryllus

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MS annotation: '!'.
Eleusine verticillata

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You will much oblige me by looking at these
Yours very sincerely
W. Woolls
Please do not forget Mr Rudder's articles: they are borrowed
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Items not identified.