The correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller: ¶ ["Constant Reader." — We have submitted the weed to Baron Von Mueller. He says it is Senebia didyma, ¶ a kind of opium cress, supposed ¶ to have come originally from South America. It is not inju...

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96.08.00c

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Senebia didyma
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Ferdinand von Mueller to the Weekly Times, 1896-08 [96.08.00c]. 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/1890-6/1896/96-08-00c-final.odt>, accessed June 13, 2026

Letter not found. The text given here is from 'General', Weekly times, 29 August 1896, p. 21.

["Constant Reader." — We have submitted the weed to Baron Von Mueller. He says it is ,

Typesetter’s error for Senebiera didyma?

a kind of opium cress, supposed to have come originally from South America. It is not injurious, but does not make a good pasture. If it encroaches on good grasses the ground should be broken up and sown with a strong growing grass, such as cocksfoot.]