From Alexander Crawford   1884

 

Description of plants sent

No 38

River or Swamp Oak, height up to 120 feet, girth up to 12 feet, Hab. E Slopes1

39

Forest Oak local name Weeping Oak, height 60 feet, diameter 2 1/2 feet Habitat, New England

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 vermin3

41.

White flower. Hab N England those specimens of it growing in the falls are highly scented, both leaf and flower

42

Small yellow flower, is eaten by stock, Hab, New England4

45

Moss. Hab New England —

44

A small tree, height 40 feet diameter, 1 foot, Hab, E Slopes5

43

Pine Hab New England

46.

Moss Hab New England

47

A small greenish creeper grows to a height of 10 feet Hab E Slopes, is rare6

48.

This is a most beautiful tree, local name 'Yellow Cedar',7 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. Sopes8

No 49

flower is much eaten by stock Hab, New England

50.

Moss, grows in the bed of rivers and Creeks New England, am not certain if I have not sent this species before

51

grass Hab New England is a very fine grass, much eaten by [s]tock9

52

A species of fig, height up to 40 feet diameter 1 1/2 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

53

grass Hab E Slopes10

54

grows on bank of creek, Hab East slopes

55

— Hab E slopes

56

grows on trees in the scrubs, and on rocks in the heads of creeks, Hab E slopes11

57

colour pink when growing, Hab, N England

58

grows in scrubs on the E Slopes, the leaf is extremely tough

59

Fern, Hab New England

60

Fern Hab. E Slopes

61

Is a prickly vine growing in scrubs on the E Slopes, the flowers are scented

62

Fig, Hab. E Slopes

63

— Hab E Slopes

64

Small Fern grows under rocks in the scrubs, Hab. E Slopes

65

A large fern, 3 feet in height, Hab. scrubs, on E Sopes12

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 dangerous13

67

Yellow Trefoil, when withered is eaten by stock — Hab E Slopes

68

grows on the E Slopes

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 state14

70

A small shrub, Hab E Slopes

71.

grows on the E Slopes

72.

A shrub with minute white flowers, Hab E Slopes15

73

grows on the E Slopes is a rare species.

74

— Hab E Slopes

75

— Hab E Slopes.

76

— Hab E Slopes

7616

grows on the E Slopes

78

Eucalyptus — N. England17

79

grows on E Slopes, height 15 feet

80

Hab New England

81

Hab East Slopes

82

Hab New England, is eaten by cattle

83

Hab New England

84

from East Slopes

85

Hab E Slopes

86

from E Slopes, is rare.

87

Small tree Hab E Slopes18

88

Hab E Slopes

89

local name Wild Carrot much eaten by Stock, Hab E Slopes

90

from the E Slopes

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

92

A small shrub with white flowers Hab E Slopes

93

Shrub Hab E Slopes

94

Hab E Slopes

95

Orchid growing on rocks in a very shady creek on E Slopes is rare in this district

96

from the falls

97 & 98.

in a small box grows at the root of fallen trees, Hab N England

99.

Moss growing on Anthills (white ant) Table land

100

red lichin19 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

Allocasuarina torulosaMEL 538070? The MEL numbers here and subsequently correspond to specimens with the numbers given by Crawford.
sic.
Allocasuarina littoralis MEL 545831?
Calotis lappulacea MEL 2157412?
Pararachidendron pruinosa MEL 79925?
Clematis decipiens MEL 2208592?
Rhodosphaera rhodanthema MEL 2244392?
Slopes?
Themeda triandra MEL 1548369?
Bothriochloa decipiens MEL 1545543 or Austrostipa verticillata MEL 2128404?
Adiantum aethiopicumMEL 1558633?
sic.
Tagetes minuta MEL 2064856?
Alectryon tomentosus var. pseudostipularis MEL 1537131?
Scutellaria humilis MEL 2242026?
sic.
Eucalyptus melliodora MEL 230646?
Senna barclayana MEL 2070733?
sic.

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 25 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/vonmueller/letters/84-00-00g