From George Murray   18 November 1892

BRITISH MUSEUM (NATURAL HISTORY),

Cromwell Road,

London: S.W. ¹

18 November 1892.

My dear Baron von Mueller

At last your box has come after many delays.² Messrs Sutton delivered it to me safely and the contents are in excellent condition. I cannot thank you enough for your kindness nor Mr. Bracebridge Wilson for the great trouble he has taken and the interest he has shown. In a few weeks I shall be better able to speak of results but so far Notheia exceeds my expectations. Seirococcus axillaris has been finished — it closely resembles the wonderful Coccophora of Japan in its conceptacular structure. Sarcophycus I have only just had a few sections of and the small part of Phyllospora included in the jar of Sarcophycus will come in very handy. Hormosira of course was also one of our wants and the Fucodium is a form which occurs at the Cape and on which Miss Barton had already made some notes — imperfect owing to the badness of the Cape material. The next number of my Phycological Memoirs will be largely occupied by the working out of these forms.³ I shall write a long letter to Mr Bracebridge Wilson so soon as I obtain certainty regarding Sarcophycus of which he has sent a beautiful series of specimens. I hope he will remember my wants in the way of Scaberia when the season suits. I am so much indebted to you both that I hesitate to ask for more! But I hope the published results will show you how much your kindness is appreciated.

I am

Dear Sir Ferdinand

yours very truly

George Murray.

Coccophora

Fucodium

Hormosira

Notheia

Phyllospora

Sarcophycus

Scaberia

Seirococcus axillaris