["A.M.R."—The grass sent has been identified by Baron Von Mueller as the Setaria Viridis. It is a native of England, and is also found in Asia and Africa. It is an annual and of no significance for general pasture here, failing early in the season unless on wet ground. Pasture animals, however, like it. The bristlets of the spikes cling to fleeces, but are too small for causing much mischief.]
Setaria Viridis
Letter not found. The text given here is from 'The Yeoman. Answers to correspondents', Australasian (Melbourne), 18 January 1896, p.101. Assuming that the reply would be published in the next available issue in this weekly newspaper, it is dated to 10 January 1896 as the likely earliest date it would have been sent. There is another note from M in the same column; they are treated as separate communications in this edition as they may have been sent to him as soon as specimens arrived, then dealt with as individual replies.
Please cite as “FVM-96-01-10a,” 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