SETARIA GRASS. — Novice, Murrungowar.2 — The grass sent is the Setaria viridio,3 similar to the more common and yellowish S. glauca, and like it, indigenous to many parts of Europe and Asia. It is not a desirable grass, being merely annual, not [bu]lky, and having rather long “awns,” by which [it m]ay irritate pasture animals, &c. (See also answer [to] A. H., Coimadal.4)
Setaria viridio
Setaria glauca
Letter not found. The text given here is from 'Answers to correspondents', Leader, 21 March 1896, p. 9. There is no attribution to M but the item follows immediately after an item that is attributed to him (in this edition as 93-03-00c), to which there is a cross-reference here,
Vic.
Journalist's error for Setaria viridis?
i.e. 93-03-00c.
Please cite as “FVM-96-03-00e,” 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