Description of plants sent1
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No 38 |
River or Swamp Oak, height up to 120 feet, girth up to 12 feet, Hab. E Slopes | |
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39 |
Forest Oak local name Weeping Oak, height 60 feet, diameter 2½ feet Habitat, New England | |
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40 |
Forest Oak, height 40 feet, diameter 2 feet, Hab Table land, this tree is a great pest, as it forms dense scrubs. Many thousand acres of land in N England are rendered useless by it; it is also a a2 harbour for vermin | |
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41. |
White flower. Hab N England those specimens of it growing in the falls are highly scented, both leaf and flower | |
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42 |
Small yellow flower, is eaten by stock, Hab, New England | |
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45 |
Moss. Hab New England — | |
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44 |
A small tree, height 40 feet diameter, 1 foot, Hab, E Slopes | |
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43 |
Pine Hab New England | |
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46. |
Moss Hab New England | |
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47 |
A small greenish creeper grows to a height of 10 feet Hab E Slopes, is rare | |
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48. |
This is a most beautiful tree, local name 'Yellow Cedar', height up to 60 feet, is worthy of cultivation where the climate is not too cold. the wood is fit for cabinet work of a bright yellow, is very lasting, and is sound at the heart, while a piece of the tree [reaming] is at present a mass of flowers, the bunches being a foot in length, seed is abundant and grows freely, they hang on the tree like bunches of grapes until next flowering season, the leaves marking 48A are from a young tree, the others from an old one, Habitat. scrubs also on the open ridges, E. Sopes3 | |
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No 49 |
flower is much eaten by stock Hab, New England | |
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50. |
Moss, grows in the bed of rivers and Creeks New England, am not certain if I have not sent this species before | |
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51 |
grass Hab New England is a very fine grass, much eaten by [s]tock | |
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52 |
A species of fig, height up to 40 feet diameter 1½ feet, the fruit grows on the trunk of the tree in small bunches and all over the branches to the end of the smallest twig, the leaf is rough, and is sometimes used by bushmen as Sandpaper. I have used old hard leaves when carving horn, Habitat scrubs, and on the river bank East slopes | |
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53 |
grass Hab E Slopes | |
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54 |
grows on bank of creek, Hab East slopes | |
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55 |
Hab E slopes | |
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56 |
grows on trees in the scrubs, and on rocks in the heads of creeks, Hab E slopes | |
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57 |
colour pink when growing, Hab, N England | |
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58 |
grows in scrubs on the E Slopes, the leaf is extremely tough | |
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59 |
Fern, Hab New England | |
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60 |
Fern Hab. E Slopes | |
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61 |
Is a prickly vine growing in scrubs on the E Slopes, the flowers are scented | |
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62 |
Fig, Hab. E Slopes | |
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63 |
— Hab E Slopes | |
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64 |
Small Fern grows under rocks in the scrubs, Hab. E Slopes | |
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65 |
A large fern, 3 feet in height, Hab. scrubs, on E Sopes4 | |
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66. |
Is a most abominable weed, grows up to 8 feet in height, and as thickly as grass, does not grow on the table land, and is not plentiful on the E Slopes, in the Macleay district it is called 'Stinking Roger', and is a great pest on the rich lands. — A splinter from it is considered very dangerous | |
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67 |
Yellow Trefoil, when withered is eaten by stock — Hab E Slopes | |
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68 |
grows on the E Slopes | |
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69 |
A small tree growing in the falls and on the E Slopes, the leaf marked 69A shows a tree infested by insects, in some cases every leaf on the tree is in a similar state | |
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70 |
A small shrub, Hab E Slopes | |
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71. |
grows on the E Slopes | |
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72. |
A shrub with minute white flowers, Hab E Slopes | |
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73 |
grows on the E Slopes is a rare species. | |
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74 |
— Hab E Slopes | |
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75 |
— Hab E Slopes. | |
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76 |
— Hab E Slopes | |
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765 |
grows on the E Slopes | |
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78 |
Eucalyptus — N. England | |
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79 |
grows on E Slopes, height 15 feet | |
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80 |
Hab New England | |
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81 |
Hab East Slopes | |
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82 |
Hab New England, is eaten by cattle | |
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83 |
Hab New England | |
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84 |
from East Slopes | |
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85 |
Hab E Slopes | |
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86 |
from E Slopes, is rare. | |
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87 |
Small tree Hab E Slopes | |
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88 |
Hab E Slopes | |
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89 |
local name Wild Carrot much eaten by Stock, Hab E Slopes | |
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90 |
from the E Slopes | |
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91 |
A prickly shrub growing in scrubs on E Slopes, bears a great abundance of flowers and red berries, the flowers fall in drying, send for another specimen if in doubt | |
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92 |
A small shrub with white flowers Hab E Slopes | |
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93 |
Shrub Hab E Slopes | |
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94 |
Hab E Slopes | |
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95 |
Orchid growing on rocks in a very shady creek on E Slopes is rare in this district | |
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96 |
from the falls | |
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97 & 98. |
in a small box grows at the root of fallen trees, Hab N England | |
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99. |
Moss growing on Anthills (white ant) Table land | |
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100 |
red lichin6 Do Do. T land | |
Table land means that the plant grows only on the table land.
Falls that it grows only in the falls, the first few hundred feet of rocky precipitous ground below the Table land
East Slopes that the plant grows on the sloping ground below the falls and from there to the boundary of the Macleay district
New England that the plant is common all over the district
The collecting numbers assigned by Crawford correspond in most cases to specimens at MEL that were collected in 1884, and the item is dated to that year on that basis. In a number of cases, however, there is more than one specimen, referred to different species, with a given collecting number, so that it may not always be possible to match the numbers given here to specimens with certainty. See also A. Crawford to M, 1884 (in this edition as 84-00-00f).
'a' repeated.
Slopes?
slopes?
number repeated: 77?.
lichen?
MS found with a specimen, numbered 41, of Rhodanthe anthenoides (MEL 110674), collected in 1884.
Please cite as “FVM-84-00-00g,” 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