[Baron Von Müller informs us that a coarse grass, which the bushmen call Sorghum, is in reality the common Rice of commerce, the veritable Oryza sativa.]
Oryza sativa
Sorghum
Letter not found. The text given here is from 'Wild rice in Queensland', Gardeners' chronicle, 25 May 1878, p. 668. The remainder of the article has extensive quotes from 'Pastures new in Queensland' by 'A late resident', Morning bulletin (Rockhampton), 8 January 1878, p. 2 (identified incorrectly as Rockhampton bulletin in the Gardeners' chronicle). The Morning bulletin item, under the sub-heading 'A future rice field', states: 'Mr. T. Gulliver, late of Normanton, an enthusiastic naturalist and botanist, informed me, and his authority is Baron Mueller, that a coarse grass, which we bushmen call sorghum, is in reality the common rice of commerce, the veritable oriza sativa'.
Please cite as “FVM-78-04-00b,” 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