["J.H.L." (Bourke1).—Baron Sir F. von Mueller identifies your plants as — No. 1. Tribulus terrestris, a plant from southern Europe, which has spread over a considerable area of Australia. It is a troublesome weed, on account of its spiney fruit. 2. Solanum esuriale—Is found in arid districts of the interior. Like all the Solanums or night shades it is poisonous. As these plants are not indigenous to Britain there are no common names for them.]
Solanum esuriale
Tribulus terrestris
NSW?
Letter not found. The text given here is from 'The Yeoman. Answers to correspondents', Australasian (Melbourne), 30 November 1895, p. 1021. Assuming that the reply would be published in the next available issue in this weekly newspaper, it is dated to 22 November 1895 as the likely earliest date it would have been sent.
Please cite as “FVM-95-11-22,” 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