[It is, also, Dr. Mueller informs us, indigenous in the north-west districts of this continent.]2
Letter not found. The text given here is from 'A new grass', Yeoman, and Australian acclimatiser, 10 May 1862, p.1. The article discusses Cynodon dactylon, dogs-tooth grass, and states: 'We think this description of grass would well repay the sheep-farmer for a little trouble bestowed on its cultivation'. The article was reprinted in Argus, 16 May 1862, p. 3, and Cornwall chronicle (Launceston, Tas.), 21 May 1862, p. 2.
Mueller listed two different species of Cynodon from north-western Australia in M to W. Hooker, 18 June 1856 (B56.11.01) and C. dactylon as found in Victoria in B53.10.01, p. 21. By 1873, M noted that C. dactylon was to be found all over the Australian continent, but not naturally in Tasmania or New Zealand (B73.11.03, p. 113).
Please cite as “FVM-62-05-00d,” in Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller, edited by R.W. Home, Thomas A. Darragh, A.M. Lucas, Sara Maroske, D.M. Sinkora†, J.H. Voigt† and Monika Wells accessed on