Lund 20/5-89.
Hochgeehrter Herr Baron Fr. v. Müller.
[Highly esteemed Baron F von Mueller.]
| Besten Dank für alle die neu eingesandten Characeen | |
| Die in der letzten Zeilen erhaltenen habe ich nun bestimmt und |
beabsichtige meine Bestimmungen in Herbst zu publiciren.
[Best thanks for all the Characeae sent to me.
I have now determined those recently received and intend to publish the determinations in the autumn.]
| — | Endeavor River1 1887 M Persieh nr 5 = N.2 polyglochin A Br (pseudoflabellata K) |
| Hume River3 S. Jephcott 1886 [19] = Ch.4 dichopitys α Preissii | |
| Richmond River5 Miss Edward 1886 Nitella Gunnii A Br | |
| — | Lake Bonney,6 Oct 1887 Dr Wehl7 Chara leptopithys8 f micrancantha |
| — | Richmond River 1887 Miss A Edward, Chara coronata et A fragilis,9 |
Ch sp. Nitella Gunnii β fastigiata
| — | Lake Bonney Febr 1888 Miss Wehl = Ch. contraria A Br β Behriana | |||
| — | Basin Launceston10 Miss E Oakden 130 = Ch. australis α nobilis ♂ | |||
| — | Schoalhaven River11 1888 Th Weir. | |||
| Ch. Gymnopitys | f. elongata | |||
|
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f humilior12 fere condensata | |||
| [almost condensed] | ||||
| Nitella interrupta A Br | ||||
| — | Near Lake Hindmars13 1888 Alton14 = Ch scoparia & Mülleri | |||
| et Ch. dichopitys α Preissii f. polyphylla brachyphylla meioptila ♂ | ||||
| [many leaves short leaves medium feathers ♂] | ||||
| et Ch. Fragilis | ||||
| et Ch. australis α nobilis | ||||
| — | King's Sound 1888 Frogate15 Ch. gymnopus β ceylonia | |||
| — | Yantara Lake16 nr 421 Nit17 conglobata β biformis sporis immatur | |||
| [with immature spores] | ||||
| — | King's Island18 1887 Nov French jun19 Ch. gymnopitys sterilis | |||
| [sterile] | ||||
| — | Monaro District20 Dec 1886. Bäuerlen 196 Ch. contraria (var. australis?) sporis immaturis | |||
| [with immature spores] | ||||
| — | King's Island No 1887 J McKibbin Ch. gymnopitys junior | |||
| [juvenile] | ||||
| — | Kangaroo Island21 O Tepper 170 Karatta22 9/11/86. et 15/10 86. Lychnothamnus macropogon | |||
| — | do = Ch contraria f austral. Spor. immat (et Ch. gymnopitys sporis immaturis) | |||
| [Immature spores (and Ch. gymnopitys with immature spores)] | ||||
| — | Albert Park Lagoon Port Phillip23 Nov Dec. 1887 C. French jun. Ch. fragilis β subverrucosa c. fruct. | |||
| [with fruit] | ||||
| — | Port Jackson24 1886 Whitelegge Ch. australis α nobilis | |||
| — | Trinity Bay25 1886 Sayer Nitella tasmanica ♂ | |||
| — | Gascoyne River26 1886 Mrs. Gribble Nitella hyalina | |||
| Euastrum sp | ||||
| Gomphosphaeria aponina | ||||
| Chthonoplastes?27 | ||||
| Bulbochaete etc. | ||||
| — | Ord River28 1888 Nyasey29 Nitella hyalina | |||
| Chara | gymnopitys | |||
| — |
leptosperma (f.?) |
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| — | New Guinea C. Hartmann Chara gymnopitys | |||
| Bulbochaete (sterilis) | ||||
| [(sterile)] | ||||
| — | Wimmera30 9/88 C. French31 Nitella cristata | |||
| — | Tatiara country32 Oct 1888 C Walter Chara leptopitys | |||
| — | Near Lake Hindmarsh Oct 1888 C Walter Nitella crinata n. sp.33 | |||
| — | Box Hill34 C. French junior nr 1 Nitella sterilis, probably N crinata nr 3 N. Tasmanica et N. hyalina | |||
| [sterile Nitella, probably N crinata near 3 N. Tasmanica and N. hyalina] | ||||
| — | River Yarra35 March 1889 C. French 2 Nitella sterilis, probably N. Hookeri | |||
| [sterile Nitella, probably N. Hookeri] | ||||
Yours very truly
Otto Nordstedt
A[…] fragilis
Bulbochaete
Chara australis α nobilis
Chara contraria f austral.
Chara contraria var. australis
Chara contraria β Behriana
Chara coronata
Chara dichopitys
Chara dichopitys α Preissii
Chara Fragilis
Chara Fragilisβ subverrucosa
Chara gymnopitys
Chara gymnopitys f humilior
Chara gymnopitys f. elongata
Chara gymnopus β ceylonia
Chara leptopithys f micrancantha
Chara leptopitys
Chara leptosperma
Chara Mülleri
Chara scoparia
Chthonoplastes
Euastrum
Gomphosphaeria aponina
Lychnothamnus macropogon
Nitella conglobata β biformis
Nitella crinata
Nitella cristata
Nitella Gunnii
Nitella Gunnii β fastigiata
Nitella Hookeri
Nitella hyalina
Nitella interrupta
Nitella polyglochin
Nitella pseudoflabellata
Nitella tasmanica
Endeavour River, Qld.
Nitella.
It is uncertain what current name, if any, represents the stream 'Hume River'; see M to William Branwhite Clarke, 29 January 1874, and notes thereto.
Chara.
NSW.
South-east of SA.
Marie Wehl? Dr Eduard Wehl died in 1876.
Chara leptopitys?
The genus is uncertain: algal genera with this epithet published before 1889 are Anabaena, Arthrodesmus, Arthrodesmus; Amphiprora fragilis was published in 1889 (AlgaeBase, accessed 19 January 2022).
Tas.
Shoalhaven River, NSW.
humilis?
Lake Hindmarsh, an ephemeral lake in western Victoria.
d'Alton?
W. W. Froggatt? In 1887-8 Froggatt collected insects for William Macleay near the present town of Derby, on King Sound in the Kimberley region of WA (Macleay (1889), issued September 1888). Although there are no Chara specimens attributed to Froggatt at MEL (AVH, accessed 18 November 2023), some botanical specimens from the area went to M; see B88.06.01.
NSW.
Nitella.
Tas.
Charles H. French.
NSW.
SA.
Karatta Homestead.
Vic.
NSW.
Qld.
WA.
Chthonoblastus?
Kimberley District, WA.
C. W. Nyulasy.
Vic.
Charles French Snr? There are two specimens of Nitella cristata collected by Charles H. French, dated September1887 from Port Phillip. However, Charles French Snr is known to have been collecting in the Wimmera in September 1888 (for example MEL 72523). There are no Nitella specimens explicitly attributed to him at MEL (AVH, accessed 9 November 2023).
SA.
No species named Nitella crinata has been found (Algaebase, accessed 20 January 2022).
Melbourne.
Vic.
Please cite as “FVM-89-05-20a,” 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