[" H.G.J."—Baron F. von Mueller identifies the grass you send as a Setaria, allied to the British S. Vortillata,1 but it is far more slender and the barbed bristlets are shorter, which renders the plant less objectionable than the British one. Possibly this grass may be perennial in our climate. It should be a good grass for both sheep and cattle, though of rather a dwarf habit.]
Setaria Vortillata
Typesetter's error for S. verticillata?
Letter not found. The text given here is from 'The Yeoman. Answers to correspondents', Australasian (Melbourne), 14 March 1896, p. 485. Assuming that the reply would be published in the next available issue in this weekly newspaper, it is dated to 6 March 1896 as the likely earliest date it would have been sent.
Please cite as “FVM-96-03-06c,” 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