[M. le baron F. von Mueller, de Melbourne, a adressé des échantillons de graines d'Atriplex halimoïdes, d'Atriplex prostratum et d'Atriplex spongiosum, plantes de l'Australie centrale, qui, selon lui, fournissent un excellent fourrage pour les moutons. Ces plantes seraient d'une grande valeur pour l'Afrique septentrionale et l'Afrique australe.]
[Baron F. von Mueller of Melbourne sent samples of Atriplex halimoides, Atriplex prostratum and Atriplex spongiosum, plants of Central Australia, which he says provide excellent forage for sheep. These plants would be of great value to northern Africa and southern Africa.]
Atriplex halimoides
Atriplex prostratum
Atriplex spongiosum
Letter not found. The text given here is from Revue des sciences naturelles appliquées. vol. 41, part 1 (1894), p. 84. It is dated to November 1893 as the latest likely date that it could have been sent to have been read at the meeting of the Society held on 22 December 1893.
Please cite as “FVM-93-11-00g,” 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