22/1/83
To day, dear Prof Tate, I got from you a parcel of dried plants, but no letter. As I can manage to make an hour free, I just note at once some remarks on these specimens.
Agrostis from Noarlunga & Lake George1 = large form of Agr. Solandri. I adopted that name in the Chatham Isl. Flora,2 because Agrostis Forsteri includes only 2 or 3 forms of the 8 or 9 united by me under the name of the Botanist who first of all referred this grass to its correct genus. The other Agrostis from Narracourt3 is the smallest form of the same species; many intermediate varieties occur, in which the sterile flower is more or less developed. Thus the genus Deyeuxia falls to the ground
Polypogon monspeliensis! Introduced4
Agrostis quadriseta!
6 Danthonia nervosa, J.Hk.
12 Eragrostis
10 Agropyron scabrum, Palisot
Danthonia Cape Northumberland5 = D. penicillata var. Also a small form from Dismal Swamp6 & Narracourt. One of the most variable grasses in existence.
Chloris truncata without label
3 & 4 Pappophorum commune
Exceedingly variable, as I found by my thousands of miles of walks & rides among this grass.
5 Diplachne loliiformis
1 Neurachne Munroi7
2 Triodia irritans
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Cyperaceae
1, 4, 5 Scirpus, sect Isolepis.
2 Penola:8 Scirpus fluitans L X3
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Rottenest9 Triglochin centrocarpa
" 1, Centrolepis aristata
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Cladium from Near Mt M'Intrye = C. Radula (new for S.A.)
Mt Graham: Schoenus
Leptorrh. panaetiodes10 = L. squamatus
Caladenia, only form of C. carnea
Veronica Anagallis; doubtless introduced like Lythrum hyssopif.11 &c. If it were a native we would find it on many places, as it easily disseminates itself.
Melaleuca from Penola = M. pustulata J.H.
5. Pultenaea
Fruit desirable.
I should like to reexamine all the Pultenaeas, but it cannot be done satisfactorily, without ripe fruit of each of them being provided
Regardfully your
Ferd von Mueller
I will examine the few other plants soon.
Agropyron scabrum
Agrostis Forsteri
Agrostis quadriseta
Agrostis Solandri
Caladenia carnea
Centrolepis aristata
Chloris truncata
Cladium Radula
Cyperaceae
Danthonia nervosa
Danthonia penicillata
Deyeuxia
Diplachne loliiformis
Eragrostis
Isolepis
Leptorhynchos pannaetiodes
Leptorhynchos squamatus
Lythrum hyssopifolia
Melaleuca pustulata
Neurachne Munroi
Pappophorum commune
Polypogon monspeliensis
Pultenaea
Schoenus
Scirpus fluitans
Triglochin centrocarpa
Triodia irritans
Veronica Anagallis
SA.
B64.10.02, p. 60.
Naracoorte, SA.
This and the following four names are each marked with a tick in the margin.
SA, south of Mt Gambier.
SA.
This name and the one above it are each marked with a tick in the margin, presumably made by Tate.
SA.
Rottnest Island, WA.
Leptorhynchos pannaetioides?
Lythrum hyssopifolia.
Please cite as “FVM-83-01-22a,” 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