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Physical location:

RB MSS M58, Library, Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne. 94.11.05

Plant names

Preferred Citation:

J. Bracebridge Wilson to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1894-11-05. 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/1890-6/1894/94-11-05-final.odt>, accessed June 4, 2026

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MS annotation by M: 'Answ 6/11/94'. Letter not found.
C. of E. Grammar School, Geelong
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MS bears the coat of arms of the Church of England Grammar School, Geelong, Vic.
Nov. 5th 1894
Dear Sir F. v. Mueller
I have had the pleasure of once more hearing from Prof. Agardh, and am glad to learn that our last sending of Algs contained some interesting forms — To quote his ipsissima verba "Though the collection from you last season contains a less number of different species, there are several of much interest to me, as being in new states, and others perhaps forms of new species, which I am going to study more closely as soon as possible" — Amongst the plants considered to be entirely new are the following.
Hymenocladia ceratoclada

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Laurencia urnigera

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No description by Agardh under this name has been found (AlgaeBase, accessed 19 May 2022). A misreading by Wilson for Laurencia uncinata?
Dasya comata

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This species was not formally published until 1998, having been 'a name used by J. Agardh on specimens from Western Port … but never published' ( http://www.flora.sa.gov.au/efsa/Marine_Benthic_Flora_SA/Part_IIIC/Dasya_comata.shtml accessed 19 May 2022). MEL 1006688 is a specimen collected by Wilson, dated 17 January 1894.
Dasya struthiopenna

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Chondriopsis deflexa

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Name not found (AlgaeBase, accessed 19 May 2022), but no search through the ca. 350 specimens collected by Wilson and now at MEL has been undertaken.
Sphaeroclinium rhytidophlaeum

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Name not found (AlgaeBase, accessed 19 May 2022).
Hymenocladia nitophylloides

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Name not found (AlgaeBase, accessed 19 May 2022).
Kallymenia palmatifida

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Name not found (AlgaeBase, accessed 19 May 2022).
Hymenocladia lanceolata

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and some others not yet named
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Sphacelaria

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, Dictyota, 2 sp. and a
Schizymenia

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—
I quite hoped to have extended my researches this next season beyond the Otway
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i.e. Otway Ranges, usually referred to as 'the Otways'. All places named are in Vic.
at Warrnambool & Port Fairy & perhaps Portland but greatly fear I shall have to abandon the project on account of the bad times which have greatly curtailed my means and made every expense a serious consideration.
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i.e. the economic depression of the 1890s.
I enclose two scraps of plants from W. Australia which a lady gave my daughter while travelling. If you can identify them from such small pieces I should like to know their names — also the proper botanical appellation of the plant called in N.S.W. the Edelweis or flannel flower
Believe me
With very kind regards
Yours faithfully
J Bracebridge Wilson