From Otto Nordstedt to Ferdinand von Mueller   [1886]

Von A Watts1 1886.

2115

Oedogonium steril, unbestimmbar

[Oedogonium sterile, undeterminable]3

117

Ulothrix aequalis Ktz.

122

Stigeoclonium

124

Oscillaria

125

Bulbochaete sterilis und Oedogonium ad undulatum, warscheinlich neu. Desmids

[Sterile Bulbochaete and Oedogonium towards undulatum, probably new.]

126

Ulothrix zonata; Stigeoclonium

128

Oedogonium ad cyathigerum [f.] nov. sp.

[Oedogonium towards cyathigerum. perhaps new species.]

129

Oed. nov. spec. ad undulatum

[Oed. new species towards undulatum]

130

Spirogyra et Zygnema, vielleicht bestimmbar

[Spirogyra and Zygnema, perhaps determinable]

131

Spirogyra unbestimmbar

[Spirogyra undeterminable]

132

Oedogonium (bestimmbar)

[Oedogonium (determinable)]

134

Ulothrix zonata

135

Ulothrix

136

Stigeoclonium

137

d.4 et Microthamnium5

138

Zygnema (ad lineata?) unbestimmbar

[Zygnema (towards lineata?6) undeterminable]

139

Oedogonium sterile

[Oedogonium sterile]

140

Ulothrix et Conferva

141

Oedog. sterile ac Characium (parce)

[sterile Oedog. and Characium (sparingly)]

142

Oedogonium (bestimmbar)

[Oedogonium (determinable)]

143

Oedogonium ad bathmidosporum Nordt. (vielleicht nov. spec.)

[perhaps new species]

Cosmarium amoenum; Pleurotaenium sp.

102

Oedogonium (bestimmbar)

Von Ch. Flahault bestimmt

[Oedogonium (determinable)

Determined by Ch. Flahault]

106

Desmonema Wrangelii Born. et Flah. (= Calothrix Wrangelii Ag.)

127

Nostoc commune Vauch.

121 et 133

Rivularia

Pour les Nostocacées, je vous recommande donc, toutes le fois que c'est possible, les echantillons secs sur papier.

[For the Nostocaceae I thus recommend, whenever possible, dry specimens on paper.]

Otto Nordstedt

Bulbochaete

Calothrix Wrangelii

Characium

Conferva

Cosmarium amoenum

Desmonema Wrangelii

Microthamnium

Nostoc commune

Nostocaceae

Oedogonium bathmidosporum

Oedogonium cyathigerum

Oedogonium undulatum

Oscillaria

Pleurotaenium

Rivularia

Spirogyra

Stigeoclonium

Ulothrix aequalis

Ulothrix zonata

Zygnema

Zygnema lineata

H. Watts? Collections of specimens in the list are in MEL with H. Watts listed as collector, for example Ulothrix zonata, MEL 504431, collecting number 134.

All entries except 142 are ticked in front of the number.

Translations are below the entries, enclosed in brackets.

ditto?

Microthamnion?

This combination not found, but there is a Spirogyra lineata and a Zygnema linearis (AlgaeBase, accessed 15 January 2021).

Annotated by M: 'Specimens named'.

Please cite as “FVM-86-00-00a,” 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 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/vonmueller/letters/86-00-00a