From Otto Nordstedt to Ferdinand von Mueller   15 Apr 1886

Lund 15/4 86.

Herrn Baron Fr. v. Müller.

Besten Dank für ihre Sendungen von Characeen und Algen

[Best thanks for your consignments of Characeae and algae]1

New England NSW. A. Porter 1885 =

Chara dichopitys α Preissii A Br. et

Sphaeroplea annulina (Roth) Ag.

Moonan Brook near Scone N S W. 1885

Miss Carter = Charara2 contraria Behriana (sterilis)

[sterile]

Richmond-River, eastern subtropical Austr 1885 Miss Hodgkinson

et [...]-River Branch W. Bauerlen3 1885

= Chroolepus (or Trentepohlia) villosus4 Kg (?)

(= Cladophora tomentosa Suring. Obs. japon5?) et fungus = Lichen (Coenogonium confervoides Nyl. in Bornet Gonid. d. Lichenes6 sehr ähnlich)

[very similar]

Bloomfield River N.E.A.7 1885 Miss Bauer

Chara gymnopitys A Br. forma heteracantha8 (eine interessante Form)

[an interesting form]

Oedogonium, Bulbochaete, Staurastrum

Orara River N.S.W.9 Edith [Forster]

Chara australis R. Br α nobilis A Br. ♂

et Nitella Gunnii A. Br. β fastigiata A Br

Bulbochaete

Saltriver10 1885 W. Webb.

Chara Leptopitys A. Br. ♂ et ♀

Oedogonium

Mit grösster Hochachtung

[With greatest respect]

Ihr ganz ergebenster

[Your entirely humble]

Otto Nordstedt

Bulbochaete

Chara australis α nobilis

Chara dichopitys

Chara gymnopitys forma heteracantha

Chara Leptopitys

Charara contraria Behriana

Chroolepus villosus

Cladophora tomentosa

Coenogonium confervoides

Nitella Gunnii β fastigiata

Oedogonium

Sphaeroplea annulina

Staurastrum

Trentepohlia villosus

Translations given below relevant text.

Chara?

Bäuerlen.

C. villosum or T. villosa in AlgaeBase (accessed 17 July 2019).

Suringar (1870), p. 20.

Bornet (1873), pp. 60-62.

Northeast Australia, i.e. Qld.

Form heteracantha not listed in AlgaeBase (accessed 17 July 2019).

N. W. Austr corrected by Nordstedt to NSW.

Salt River, WA?

Please cite as “FVM-86-04-15,” 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/86-04-15