From Jacob Agardh to Ferdinand von Mueller   [1889]

Algae from the Entrance of the Burnett River1 by James Keys.

1. Hypnea divaricata australis,2 in qua Diatomaceae

in which are Diatomaceae

2. Padina Commersoni J. Ag.

3. Gelidium corneum.

4-8. vacant.

9. Desmia sp. forsan D. Kilneri forma?

Perhaps a form of D. Kilneri?

10 (= 23) Plocamium hamatum J. Ag.

11. Leveillea Keysii F. de Mueller.3

12. Bryozoa.

13. Laurencia concinna Mont.

14. Spatoglossum australasicum?

15. Hypnea divaricata australis J. Ag.

16. an Grateloupid sp. meliora specimina quaeso.

towards a Grateloupid species. better specimens requested.

17. Catenella opuntia.

18-20 vacant.

21. unum spec. = Nitophyllum uncinatum

alterum sp. = Nitophyllum pulchellum

one species = Nitophyllum uncinatum

the other species = Nitophyllum pulchellum

22. Asparagopsis an Asp. armata (inermis)

towards Asp. armata (unarmed)

23. Plocamium hamatum J Ag = no 10.

24. Gracilaria sp. Gr. Taenioidi proxim.

Gracilaria species close to Gr. Taenioides

25.-26. vacant.

27. Dictyota dichotoma Auct.

28 vacat.

29. Gelidium sp. Gelid. corneum auct.

30 Cladophora prolifera.

31. Ulva rigida C. Ag.

32. Sarcomenia miniata J Ag. (antea tantum ad Gades Hispaniae semel lecta)

Previously collected only once at Cadiz, Spain

33. Polycerea ramulosa J Ag.

34-35 vacant.

36 (= 24?) an Gracilaria Taenioidi proxima?)

close to Gracilaria Taenioides?

37. Gelidium corneum auct.

38 Lychaete ophiura J Ag.

39. Caulerpa plumaris var.

40 duae species. una = Gracilaria Taenioides no 24

altera = Gigartina no 57.

two species. one = Gracilaria Taenioides no 24

The other = Gigartina no 57.

40A. Enteromorphae Hopkirkii proxim in stipidibus

Spyridiae crescens.

growing close to stipes of Spyridia.

41. vacat.

42. Sargassum flavicans Mert.

43. Caloglossa Leprieurii

44. Callithamnion Byssoides Arn.?

45. Conferva sp. mihi nova?

new to me?

46-47 Zonaria nigrescens Sond.

48 Caulerpa complanata

49. Gelidium corneum

50 Laurencia sp. vix diversa a L. Forsteri

Laurencia species scarcely different from L. Forsteri

51. Gloiophloea sp. (vix aliter determinanda)

scarcely otherwise determinable

52. Gelidium sp. (an Gel. glandulaefolium?)

towards Gel. glandulaefolium?

53. plantae pars vix determinanda. fragm. Cystophylli?

Part of a plant scarcely determinable. fragment of Cystophyllum?

54. Cystoseira prolifera J. Ag.

55. Cladostephus [rudis] J. Ag. mscr.4

56. Amansia glomerata C. Ag.

56A. Padina Commersoni = no 2.

57. Gigartina sp. Gig. aciculari proxim.

Gigartina species close to Gig. aciculari.

58 = no 17 Catenella opuntia

59. pars sterilis Sargassi — forsan S. microphyllum

sterile part of Sargassum — perhaps S. microphyllum

60 Gelidium in quo Centroceras clavulatum

Gelidium in which is Centroceras clavulatum

60A. Laurencia rigida var.

61. Jania sp. forsan proxima Jan. fastigiatae

Jania species perhaps close to Jan. fastigiata

62. Cystophyllum muricatum Auct

63. Sargassum Flustra obtectum.

Sargassum, Flustra hidden.

64. Galaxaura fastigiata

65 — 66 — vacant.

67 Laurenciae (fragment.)

68 Cystophyllum muricat. auct. forma

A form of the author’s Cystophyllum muricatum

69 Enteromorpha Hopkirkii Harv. prox.

close to Enteromorpha Hopkirkii Harv.

70. Caulerpa sp. C. Sedoidi prox.

Caulerpa species close to C. Sedoidi

71. Enteromorpha flexuosa J. Ag.

72. Dasya sp. forsan nova. (Dasya Haffiae affin?)

Dasya species perhaps new. (neighbouring Dasya Haffiae?)

73. Asperococcus sinuosus.

74. Callithamnion sp.? sordibus obtect.

hidden by filth

75 (= 79 & 80) Centroceras clavulatum

76 (= 57) Gigartina sp. G. aciculari prox.

Gigartina species close to G. aciculari

77. Chondriopsis Harveyana J Ag.

78 Callithamnion sp. (an C. conspicuum? fere dissolat.)

(towards C. conspicuum? almost broken up)

79 & 80 Centroceras clavulatum

81. Gloiophlaea sp.?

82 vacat.

83. Laurencia sp. (non determ.)

not determined

84. Caulerpa sp. Caul. Sedoidi prox.

Caulerpa species close to Caul. Sedoides

Amansia glomerata

Asparagopsis armata

Asperococcus sinuosus

Callithamnion Byssoides

Callithamnion conspicuum

Caloglossa Leprieurii

Catenella opuntia

Caulerpa complanata

Caulerpa plumaris

Caulerpa Sedoides

Centroceras clavulatum

Chondriopsis Harveyana

Cladophora prolifera

Cladostephus rudis

Conferva

Cystophyllum muricatum

Cystoseira prolifera

Dasya Haffiae

Desmia Kilneri

Diatomaceae

Dictyota dichotoma

Enteromorpha flexuosa

Enteromorpha Hopkirkii

Flustra

Galaxaura fastigiata

Gelidium corneum

Gelidium glandulaefolium

Gigartina aciculari

Gloiophloea

Gracilaria Taenioides

Hypnea divaricata australis

Jania fastigiata

Laurencia

Laurencia concinna

Laurencia Forsteri

Laurencia rigida

Leveillea Keysii

Nitophyllum pulchellum

Nitophyllum uncinatum

Padina Commersoni

Plocamium hamatum

Polycerea ramulosa

Sarcomenia miniata

Sargassum flavicans

Sargassum microphyllum

Spatoglossum australasicum

Spyridia

Ulva rigida

Zonaria nigrescens

Qld.

Subspecies name not in AlgaeBase.

Not in AlgaeBase. M’s MS name? See M to J. Agardh, 5 October 1888.

Agardh appears not to have published this name; not in AlgaeBase.

MS is marked '3' (i.e. p. 3) in the top right corner by Agardh; the cover letter that would have accompanied this list of identifications — probably the lacking pp. 1-2 — has not been found, but was probably dated late 1888 or early 1889 since M sent the collections involved to Agardh in early October 1888 (see M to Agardh, 5 October 1888). An undated partial draft survives at the Universitetsbibliotek, Lund. MS annotated in pencil at top of first page 'Specimens named'.

Please cite as “FVM-89-00-00b,” 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/89-00-00b