Lund, Schweden, 25 Dec 1886.
Hochgeehrter Herr Baron!
Ihre Sendung von 14/10 ist mir schon seit einige Wochen zugekommen und es freuete mich sehr die Claudea Bennettyana Harv. kennen zu lernen. Wie Ihnen, so scheint es mir gewiss dass die neu gefundene mit der von Harvey beschriebene Art identisch sey. Auch bin ich von Ihrer Meinung dass die Pflanze mit Vanvorstia mehr übereinstimmt als mit Claudea. So viel ich gesehen habe, ist das mir gütigst übersandte Exemplar nicht in Frucht; mir scheint es demnach hingestellt werden mussen ob es einen generischen Typus ausmacht. Bei Untersuchung der Structur habe ich die grösste Übereinstimmung mit Vanvorstia, wie Ich diese in Species Algarum beschrieben habe, gefunden. Als ich bei Ankunft der Sendung eine Frage an die Redaction der Notarisia zu beantworten hatte, habe ich gleich über den glücklichen Fund der seltenen Pflanze einberichtet, und habe auch Ihrer Meinung mitgetheilt, dass sie vielleicht einen eigenen Typus (Sonderia) ausmachen mögte, was aber erst durch die Fruchtstellung und dessen Organisation festzustellen möglich seyn werde.
Ich habe auch über verschiedene Sendungen, die ich in der letzten Zeit erhalten habe, heute zu berichten. Es ist aber kaum etwas neues darunter. Von den Algen die im letzten Jahre von Bracebr. Wilson gesammelt wurden, habe ich noch nichts gesehen. Eine kleine Sendung Algen aus Trinity Bay, North East Australia, W. Sayer 1886, sind noch nicht bestimmt. — Mit den besten Wunschen zeichnet hochachtungsvoll
J G Agardh
Algae ex South Island New Zealand, a Ward 1886
[Algae from South Island New Zealand by Ward 1886]
Sphacelaria paniculata
Desmarestia ligulata
Cystophora scalaris fragm.
Cystophora sp. fragm.
Griffithsia Sonderiana
Ptilota formosissima
Ceramium sp.
Plocamium coccineum H.
|
" |
angustum |
Rhodophyllis Gunnii
Epymenia obtusa Harv.
Delisea elegans
Polysiphonia cladostephus
|
" |
Mallardiae |
|
" |
Hystrix |
|
" |
cancellata |
Rhodomela Traversii1?
Dasya sp. (vix determ.)
[scarcely determined]
Algae ex Auckland New Zealand A. Urquart 1886
Carpophyllum plumosum
cum var. capillifolium
Carpophyllum phyllanthum
Sargassum Sinclairii
Zonaria Turneriana
Sphacelaria paniculata
Plocamium costatum.
Frasers Island, Austr. subtr. 2 T. A. Thorpe 1886.
Sporochnus comosus.
Ballia callitricha
denudata3
Laurencia Forsteri
Algae ex Aireys Inlet Victoria a Miss Berkbon 1886.
[Algae from Aireys Inlet Victoria by Miss Berkbon4 1886]
Caulerpa Brownii
Sphacelaria paniculata
Homosira5 Sieberi
Cystophora retroflexa
|
— |
retr. var? |
Sargassum verruculosum
|
— |
lacerifolium fragm. |
Amphiroa charoides
|
" |
stelligera |
Jania micrarthrodia
Corallina nana Lenorm.
|
" |
Cuvierii6 |
Amphiroa sp. fragm.
Hypnea episcopalis
Polysiphonia
Dasyphila Preissii
Callithamnion verticale (in Sargass. verruculos.)
Israelitenbay. Miss Brooke7 1886
Glossophora Harveyana8
(= Dictyota Kunthii Harv.)
Dictyota paniculata
Plocamium preissianum
|
" |
nidificum |
Haloplegma Preissii
Dasya naccarioides? (vix cert. determin.)
[(scarcely determined with certainty)]
Hypnea episcopalis
Laurencia luxurians
Thuretia Quercifolia
Areschougia Laurencia
Corallina Cuvierii
Estuary of the Hunter River East Australia9 1886. Ch. Fawcett.
| Amphiroae | } | (fragmenta nimiam fracta) |
| Chilosporae10 | [(extremely broken fragments)] |
Zonaria Turneriana infert.11
Bryozoa.
Lund, Sweden, 25 Dec. 1886
Highly esteemed Baron!
Your consignment of 14 October12 arrived some weeks ago and it pleased me very much to get to know Claudea bennettyana.13 It seemed to me, as to you, certain that the newly found item was identical with the species described by Harvey. Also I am of your opinion that the plant agrees more with Vanvorstia14 than with Claudea. As much as I have seen, the specimen kindly sent to me is not in fruit; it seems to me therefore it must be advanced whether it constitutes a generic type. On investigation of the structure, I have found the greatest agreement with Vanvorstia, as I have described this in Species Algarum.15 When on arrival of the consignment I had to answer a question to the editor of Notarisia, I reported immediately about the fortunate find of the rare plant, and also communicated your opinion that it perhaps may make up its own type (Sonderia), which however will only be possible by determining the fruit position and its organization.16
I also have today to report on various consignments that I have received recently. However, there is hardly anything new among them. Of the algae that were collected last year by Bracebridge Wilson, I have still seen nothing. A small consignment of algae from Trinity Bay, north-east Australia,17 W. Sayer 1886, is still not determined. — With best wishes signs respectfully
J. G. Agardh
[list as above]
Amphiroa charoides
Amphiroa stelligera
Areschougia Laurencia
Ballia callitricha
Ballia denudata
Callithamnion verticale
Carpophyllum phyllanthum
Carpophyllum plumosum
Carpophyllum plumosum var. capillifolium
Caulerpa Brownii
Ceramium
Chilosporae
Claudea bennettyana
Corallina Cuvierii
Corallina nana
Cystophora retroflexa
Cystophora scalaris
Dasya naccarioides?
Dasyphila Preissii
Delisea elegans
Desmarestia ligulata
Dictyota Kunthii
Dictyota paniculata
Epymenia obtusa
Glossophora Harveyana
Griffithsia Sonderiana
Haloplegma Preissii
Homosira Sieberi
Hypnea episcopalis
Jania micrarthrodia
Laurencia Forsteri
Laurencia luxurians
Plocamium angustum
Plocamium coccineum
Plocamium costatum
Plocamium nidificum
Plocamium preissianum
Polysiphonia cancellata
Polysiphonia cladostephus
Polysiphonia Hystrix
Polysiphonia Mallardiae
Ptilota formosissima
Rhodomela Traversii?
Rhodophyllis Gunnii
Sargassum lacerifolium
Sargassum Sinclairii
Sargassum verruculosum
Sonderia
Sphacelaria paniculata
Sporochnus comosus
Thuretia Quercifolia
Vanvorstia
Zonaria Turneriana
R. Traversiana?
subtropical Australia, i.e. Qld.
Not in AlgaeBase, accessed 4 June 2010.
Berthon? See Maroske & Vaughan (2014).
Hormosira.
Corallina cuvieri?
Israelite Bay, WA; Sarah Brooks.
G. harveyi?
NSW.
Cheilosporum species?
infertile.
See M to J. Agardh, 14 October 1886 (in this edition as 86-10-14a), with an enclosed specimen of the rare Claudea bennettiana, collected by Edward Ramsay at Port Jackson, NSW.
Claudea bennettiana?
Vanvoorstia.
J. Agardh (1848-1901), vol. 2, part 3, pp. 1268-72.
Agardh published M's name, Sonderia bennettiana, in J. Agardh (1873-90), part 6, p. 117. (See the bibliographical comment in n. 2, T. Ware to M, 12 June 1874 (in this edition as 74-06-12a)).
Qld.
Annotated by M: 'Beantw. 4/2/87' [Replied 4 February 1887]. See M to J. Agardh, 4 February 1887 (in this edition as 87-02-04a).
Please cite as “FVM-86-12-25b,” 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