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Blotched Sun Orchid, Thelymitra fusco-lutca, R. Br. — 

 The finding of this orchid last month at French Island by Capt. 

 the Rev. A. C. F. Gates, M.A., constitutes one of the most 

 interesting and unique " finds " in our orchid records. The 

 " Blotched Sun Orcliid " is essentially a western plant, with 

 several locahties in South Australia. Some years ago a single 

 specimen was collected at the (rrampians by the late Charles 

 Walter, and later by various collectors near the entrance to 

 the Grand Canyon. Now that it has been found to have 

 strayed as far south and east as French Island, we may look 

 for it anywhere in the State. Its inconspicuous colour (green- 

 yellow and brown blotched) so harmonizes with the grasses 

 and low herbage that it may readily have been overlooked in 

 many localities, especially as it onlv opens in the sun, and also 

 as it is a late-flowering species. The single leaf, too, is not 

 unlike that of the " Streaked Lyperanth," Lyperanthus 

 nigricans, so that, when not in flower, it may pass for that 

 plant (see fig. i). — E. E. Pescott. 



Military Map of Yan Yean. — The issue of the " Yan 

 Yean" sheet of the Commonwealth Survey of Victoria fills up 

 the north-eastern corner of the four sheets containing Melbourne 

 and suburbs. Like its southern neighbour, " Ringwood," it 

 includes a large area of picturesque country', some of it, spurs 

 of the Plenty Ranges, being fairly steep, as indicated by the 

 contour lines. It includes a portion of the Dividing Range in 

 the neighbourhood of Toolangi. Though stated to be corrected 

 to December, iqiq, there are several minor additions that might 

 have been made. The map embraces the area from Whittlesea 

 to Lilydale and Toolangi to Preston. It is rather a pity that 

 a uniform style of drawing has not been adhered to in these 

 maps. This one depicts the raiiways in quite a different style to 

 the earlier ones, and the roads and rivers are also drawn wider 

 than before. Though 37° 5' S. is the southern boundary of this 

 map, and the north(?rn of Ringwood, intersecting streams and 

 roads do not coincide at least half a mile of country seems to 

 have been omitted between the two maps. Like all other 

 commo(hties just now, the price has been advanced, to is. 6d. 

 jH-r copy. 



