The correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller: ¶ [ ¶ Native Hop ¶ .— Inquirer, Kooreh ¶ Vic, east of St Arnaud. ¶ .— So far as can be judged from the small sprig without flowers, your plant is, Baron von Mueller informs us, the Daviesia corymbora...

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Physical location:

96.07.00b

Plant names

Daviesia corymbora
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Preferred Citation:

Ferdinand von Mueller to the Leader, 1896-07 [96.07.00b]. 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/1890-6/1896/96-07-00b-final.odt>, accessed May 7, 2026

Letter not found. The text given here is from 'Answers to correspondents', Leader, 4 July 1896, p. 9.

[Native Hop .— Inquirer, Kooreh

Vic, east of St Arnaud.

.— So far as can be judged from the small sprig without flowers, your plant is, Baron von Mueller informs us, the ,

Journalist's error for corymbosa?

allied to the , the so called "native hop." It has also the peculiarly bitter taste of that plant, but it has been found out that the Daviesias cannot be used as a wholesome substitute of the real hops, so that years ago by a public measure the use of these plants for brewing became interdicted.]