["A. B. Reid " (Camperdown1).—The small plant you send is identified by Baron von Mueller as the Cotula reptans. It occurs in black, humid soils in the southern regions of Victoria, and rarely extends into South Australia and New South Wales, but is found in Tasmania. This minute herb belongs to a tribe not known to possess any valuable properties; neither is it harmful in any way].
Cotula reptans
Vic.
Letter not found. The text given here is from 'The Yeoman. Answers to correspondents', Australasian (Melbourne), 28 March 1896, p. 581. Assuming that the reply would be published in the next available issue in this weekly newspaper, it is dated to 20 March 1896 as the likely earliest date it would have been sent.
Please cite as “FVM-96-03-20a,” 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