13/11/79.
Allow me, dear Mr Ramsay, to ask, whether in the systematic dredging in Port Jackson1 your operators came across any Algae? In 1854 the late lamented Prof. Harvey by the aid of Mr Moore obtained several rare seaweeds in your Bay by dredging, including the Claude Bennettiana.2 Should any Algae turn up in your own marine searches, I should be greatly beholden to you, if you would allow their systematic elucidation to be effected through or by myself.
We are also as yet badly acquainted with the marine Monocotyledones (so called Sea grasses) of your Bay.
Regardfully your
Ferd. von Mueller.
Claude Bennettiana
Please cite as “FVM-79-11-13,” 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 28 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/vonmueller/letters/79-11-13