Document information

Physical location:

RB MSS M108a, Library, Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne. 86.02.00

Plant names

Preferred Citation:

Jacob Agardh to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1886-02. 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/1880-9/1886/86-02-00-final.odt>, accessed June 4, 2026

1
MS undated, but probably posted in February 1886 since the three sheets are annotated by M 'Received 2/4/86'.
1) Algae from New Zealand, near Auckland J. M. Fedarb
2
J. W. Fedarb?
1885 . (arrived to Lund Dec. 1885)
Grev.
" plumosum J. Ag.
Sargassi fragm.
.
2.) Algae from New Zealand (in a separate parcel)
Harv.
" angulata J. Ag.
Harv.
Hook.
sp.
J. Ag.
Harv.
.
Delesseria (Hemineura) undulatissima J. Ag. nov. sp.
3
Not in Algaebase under this name (accessed 9 March 2021); but Agardh (1894-1903, continuato 2, p. 66, described D. undulatum based on a Harvey specimen collected at King George Sound, WA.
[new species]
" dichotoma Harv.
Harv.
Hook. & H.
Mont.
" aterrima Harv. var.?
J. Ag.
Cystophorae fragmenta varia
Harv.
Myriocladia (?) laetevirens nov. sp. ad tantum fragmenta sterilia
[new species, so many sterile fragments]
Auct.
Kütz
Ag
Mont.
Cladophora sp. (vix determin.)
[scarcely detemin.]
4. Algae from Geograph Bay ( Busselton )
4
WA.
A. M. Pries . 1885 .
Grev.
Turn? (non J. G. Ag.)
[(not J. G. Agardh)]
J. Ag.
Gracilaria sp.
J. Ag.
auct.
5. Algae from Hervey bay .
5
Qld.
( Nov. Holl. subtropicae ) ( arrived to Lund Jan. 1886. )
[(subtropical New Holland)].
6
Haliseris acrostichoides?
J. Ag.
Sargassorum fragmenta varia (vix determinanda specimine nisi fructifera!)
[Various fragments of Sargassums (scarcely determinable if specimens not fruiting!)]
6. Algae from the mouth of Bloomfield River
7
Qld.
Miss Bauer
8
Miss Ellie Bauer.
1885 .
Sond.
Gracilaria sp. (Gr. lichenoides juvenilis?)
[juvenile Gr. lichenoides?]
(juvenile)
Sargassorum fragmenta
7 Algae from Port Jackson: Camara .
9
Chevalier A. Camara; see A. Camara to M, 5 June 1881.
10
Ecklonia biruncinata?
fragmenta
[tiny fragments of Sargassums]
Cladophora sp. minuta — habitu ad Cl. Echinus.
[small – home to Cl. Echinus.
11
Sea urchin.
]
8) Algae from Arnhems land N. W. Australia
12
NT.
1885 . M. Holze .
13
i.e. Holtze.
Auct.
9) Algae from Rivoli Bay (Nov. Holl. austr. )
14
SA.
Mrs Wehl .
15
M's sister, Clara Wehl.
" Sonderi
" paniculata
J. Ag.
Suhr
Caulerpa Hypnoides
" longifolia? (tantum fragmenta)
[so many fragments]
Harv.
Harv.?
Ag.
Harv.
J. Ag.
Harv.
" Robertiana Harv. — scoparia
Sond.
coralloidea
carnea J Ag
coccinea Harv.
costatum
procerum
complanatus
apodus.
16
Nizymenia australis?
17
Dictyomenia tridens?
Harv.
10.) Algae from East of King Georges Sound
18
WA.
1884 .
(fragm).
(fragment)
luxurians
11.) Algae from Frasers Island ( Tropical East Austr .).
19
Qld.
Caulerpa sp. near to C. Taxifolia
12) Algae from Table Cape (Tasmania)
E. D. Atkinson
Labill.
J Ag.
Suhr
angustum
procerum
Harv.
Harv.
.