["S. Reynolds."—1. Baron von Mueller identifies your grasses as the Panicum cusgralli,1 Barnyard or Cockshin grass, widely dispersed in warm countries and grown as an annual in colder regions. It is not of long duration but is easy of dissemination. It is an excellent fodder plant for light soils of a somewhat humid nature. 2. Panicum sanguinale a native of the countries of the Mediterranean Sea, but now widely spread in warm zones. It is easily renewed from seed, is nourishing, and easily digested.]
Panicum cusgralli
Panicum sanguinale
Typesetter's error for M's usual spelling, crus-galli?
Letter not found. The text given here is from 'The Yeoman. Answers to correspondents', Australasian (Melbourne), 2 March 1895, p. 389. Assuming that M's reply would have been published in the next available issue of this weekly newspaper, it is dated to 22 April 1895 as the likely earliest date it would have been sent.
Please cite as “FVM-95-02-22a,” 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