Document information

Physical location:

RB MSS M108b, Library, Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne. 86.04.15

Plant names

Preferred Citation:

Otto Nordstedt to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1886-04-15. R.W. Home, Thomas A. Darragh, A.M. Lucas, Sara Maroske, D.M. Sinkora, J.H. Voigt and Monika Wells (eds), Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller, <https://vmcp.rbg.vic.gov.au/id/86-04-15>, accessed September 11, 2025

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]
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Translations given below relevant text.
New England NSW. A. Porter 1885 =
α Preissii A Br. et
(Roth) Ag.
Moonan Brook near Scone N S W. 1885
Miss Carter = Charara
2
Chara?
contraria Behriana (sterilis)
[sterile]
Richmond-River, eastern subtropical Austr 1885 Miss Hodgkinson
et [...]-River Branch W. Bauerlen
3
Bäuerlen.
1885
= Chroolepus (or Trentepohlia) villosus
4
C. villosum or T. villosa in AlgaeBase (accessed 17 July 2019).
Kg (?)
(= Suring. Obs. japon
5
Suringar (1870), p. 20.
?) et fungus = Lichen ( Nyl. in Bornet Gonid. d. Lichenes
6
Bornet (1873), pp. 60-62.
sehr ähnlich)
[very similar]
Bloomfield River N.E.A.
7
Northeast Australia, i.e. Qld.
1885 Miss Bauer
Chara gymnopitys A Br. forma heteracantha
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Form heteracantha not listed in AlgaeBase (accessed 17 July 2019).
(eine interessante Form)
[an interesting form]
, ,
Orara River N.S.W.
9
N. W. Austr corrected by Nordstedt to NSW.
Edith [Forster]
Chara australis R. Br α nobilis A Br.
et Nitella Gunnii A. Br. β fastigiata A Br
Saltriver
10
Salt River, WA?
1885 W. Webb.
A. Br. et
Mit grösster Hochachtung
[With greatest respect]
Ihr ganz ergebenster
[Your entirely humble]
Otto Nordstedt