The correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller: Richmond ¶ June 8 /85 ¶ My dear Baron ¶ ¶ Will you kindly give me the names of the enclosed grasses from the Barrier Range near Silverton? ¶ ¶ Panicum repens ¶ & ¶ P. capillipes ¶ seems to come n...

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Physical location:

RB MSS M46 Library, Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne. 85.06.08b

Plant names

Panicum capillipes
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Panicum repens
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Preferred Citation:

William Woolls to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1885-06-08 [85.06.08b]. 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/1880-9/1885/85-06-08b-final.odt>, accessed June 17, 2026

MS found with a specimen of Brachiaria sp. (MEL 2142379).

Richmond

NSW.

June 8 /85

My dear Baron

Will you kindly give me the names of the enclosed grasses from the Barrier Range near Silverton?

NSW.

& P. capillipes seems to come nearest to them.

Yours very sincerely

W. Woolls