Ferdinand von Mueller

	Besten Dank für alle die neu eingesandten Characeen
	Die in der letzten Zeilen erhaltenen habe ich nun bestimmt und

—	Endeavor River 1 Endeavour River, Qld. 1887 M Persieh nr 5 = N. 2 Nitella. polyglochin A Br (pseudoflabellata K)
	Hume River 3 NSW. S. Jephcott 1886 [19] = Ch. 4 Chara . dichopitys α Preissii
	Richmond River 5 NSW. Miss Edward 1886 Nitella Gunnii A Br
—	Lake Bonney, 6 South-east of SA. Oct 1887 Dr Wehl 7 Marie Wehl? Dr Eduard Wehl died in 1876. Chara leptopithys 8 Chara leptopitys? f micrancantha
—	Richmond River 1887 Miss A Edward, Chara coronata et A fragilis, 9 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).

—	Lake Bonney Febr 1888 Miss Wehl = Ch. contraria A Br β Behriana
—	Basin Launceston 10 Tas. Miss E Oakden 130 = Ch. australis α nobilis ♂
—	Schoalhaven River 11 Shoalhaven River, NSW. 1888 Th Weir.
	Ch. Gymnopitys		f. elongata
	"		f humilior 12 humilis? fere condensata
			[almost condensed]
	Nitella interrupta A Br
—	Near Lake Hindmars 13 Lake Hindmarsh, an ephemeral lake in western Victoria. 1888 Alton 14 d'Alton? = 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 Frogate 15 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. Ch. gymnopus β ceylonia
—	Yantara Lake 16 NSW. nr 421 Nit 17 Nitella. conglobata β biformis sporis immatur
	[with immature spores]
—	King's Island 18 Tas. 1887 Nov French jun 19 Charles H. French. Ch. gymnopitys sterilis
	[sterile]
—	Monaro District 20 NSW. 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 Island 21 SA. O Tepper 170 Karatta 22 Karatta Homestead. 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 Phillip 23 Vic. Nov Dec. 1887 C. French jun. Ch. fragilis β subverrucosa c. fruct.
	[with fruit]
—	Port Jackson 24 NSW. 1886 Whitelegge Ch. australis α nobilis
—	Trinity Bay 25 Qld. 1886 Sayer Nitella tasmanica ♂
—	Gascoyne River 26 WA. 1886 Mrs. Gribble Nitella hyalina
	Euastrum sp
	Gomphosphaeria aponina
	Chthonoplastes? 27 Chthonoblastus?
	Bulbochaete etc.
—	Ord River 28 Kimberley District, WA. 1888 Nyasey 29 C. W. Nyulasy. Nitella hyalina
	Chara	gymnopitys
	—	leptosperma (f.?)
—	New Guinea C. Hartmann Chara gymnopitys
	Bulbochaete (sterilis)
	[(sterile)]
—	Wimmera 30 Vic. 9/88 C. French 31 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). Nitella cristata
—	Tatiara country 32 SA. Oct 1888 C Walter Chara leptopitys
—	Near Lake Hindmarsh Oct 1888 C Walter Nitella crinata n. sp. 33 No species named Nitella crinata has been found (Algaebase, accessed 20 January 2022).
—	Box Hill 34 Melbourne. 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 Yarra 35 Vic. March 1889 C. French 2 Nitella sterilis, probably N. Hookeri
	[sterile Nitella, probably N. Hookeri]