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96.01.00c

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Ferdinand von Mueller to the Leader, 1896-01 [96.01.00c]. 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/1890-6/1896/96-01-00c-final.odt>, accessed June 13, 2026

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Letter not found. The text given here is from 'Answers to correspondents', Leader, 18 January 1896, p. 9.
[S pecimen of Grass .— Selector, Narbethong.
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Vic.
— The tall climbing grass with entangled branches received is the
Ehrhorta jancea

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Jpurnalist's error for Ehrharta juncea?
It is indigenous only to Tasmania, Victoria and the southern part of New South Wales, and there again restricted to mountainous densely scrubby regions, rendering penetrating the jungle very difficult by binding together the bushes of the underwood in forests. Baron Von Mueller informs us that the exploring parties with which he travelled in the early days were glad to cut this grass, though so tough, for the horses, as in the dense scrubs of ranges where this Ehrhorta occurs hardly any other grasses or any other forage grew.]