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RSA/A/17, Royal Society of Tasmania Archives, Hobart. 79.12.25b

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Ferdinand von Mueller to James Agnew, 1879-12-25 [79.12.25b]. 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//letters/1870-9/1879/79-12-25b-final.odt>, accessed June 13, 2026

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MS annotation: 'Ackd 2/1/80'. For a published copy of this letter, see B82.02.02.
Christmas 1879.
Herewith, dear Dr Agnew, I send you a list of 23 Algae, which were examined from a small collection, made by Mr F. Campbell
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Frederick Campbell.
on my request during his stay in the New Hebrides. The elaboration of these oceanic plants, the first recorded from that group, is by Dr W. O. Sonder, who since fully 40 years has been an eminent author on this tribe of vegetation, who still makes phycology a favorite study and who can bring an almost unrivalled experience to bear on their elucidation. As Dr Sonder is a honorary member of the Tasmanian Royal Society, I have thought it but right, to offer these notes of his preferentially to your journal
Regardfully your
Ferd. von Mueller.
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At the meeting of the Royal Society of Tasmania held on 13 April 1880, 'The Secretary read "A Description of 22 Species of Algae, from the New Hebrides", by Dr. W. O. Sonder, of Hamburg, a Corresponding Member of the Society. This paper was communicated by Baron von Mueller’. The list of identifications was published in Sonder (1881), introduced by M's letter. See also Sinkora (1981).
Algae
of the new Hebrides, collected by F. Campbell Esqr and examined by Dr W. O. Sonder of Hamburg, Hon. Memb Roy. Soc. Tasm
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A four-page MS list of names and descriptions follows.