fatdani \ tte$A& iS?9 Nttt). long: coralla-tuhe .1-4 mm. kpn&, the Inhes abo\tt 

 mm long; PtylC ; 5-2 gnttt. totfcg | ovary 2-iOcular. 



Distribution: Abundant iji the A'jbua'.ian Alpb of Victoria end New South 

 Wales. 



LUUCOrOGON NaUHOPHYI-LVS r MmcII fmry. flftjrf. Wivi. J: ,tf. 

 byn. L. hnccoiatu.t vnr? atptrstrit F Muell ex Beutb. FJ. -W/ jP I&5. 



Leaves rij>:d, lanceolate, acuminate ( pungent ) , flat, glabrous, upper <uriace.* 

 su'iated With 3-7 longitudinal (htmsiwvnt nr.ci alternately long and sbnrr) 

 nerves, mostly about 2 ctn, lon& and 5 nun. wide; spikes in upper axilt and 

 one terminal, up to 1 cm. Jong, with few <*up to 81 flowers ! BPPflU 2-3 nut*. 

 Ion?;, corolla-iubc shorter than the calyx, the lobcv for.g and spreading 

 (ovary said by Bcuiham, /.e\, to have 2. rarely 3, loculi). 



Distribution: Known only from the type locality *'Ou the tup of Mount 

 Wjlljum" ; u the Victorian Grampians, presumably collected by Mueller. 



There is only one record of the species for the present ceututy U HfJfft 

 made by Mr I". Robbins ot Bcndigo, but there is no specific data with the 

 -.i'tciamen 



[Lcuccpotjon lanccvtotus R Br. has narrow-lanceolate leaves, usually 

 .5-5 Cffi long and about 3-6 imn. wide, thin in texture and with objtcun: 

 venation; the spikes are in a terminal cluster, usually not recurved, 1.5-4 on. 

 lung, very slender, with numerous (usually &-2H) small flowers; the corolla- 

 lube is very short, about the IcjiyHt of the calyx (about 1.5 mm,), with (he 

 lobes about 1 mm. long and recurved. It extend* front New South Wales la 

 the lowlands o( Kast Gippslaud (Orhost, Cai:n River, etc.). and what \t 

 prohah.> a variation of the species (with somewhat crowded flowers and 

 spreading coroila-iohcs) occurs at Whsons Piomontory and in *.hc Portland 

 dtstrlet.l 



T wish to make grateful acknowledgement' fo rhc Director of the National 

 Herbarium of Victoria for facilities afforded ill connection with material 

 examined in that institution, and lo Mr J. rh Willis it«r the pre.par.Mion of 

 'he Latin diagnose* embodied in this paper, 



CLEANING MICROSCOPE LENSES 

 By Ept*WffT Svki.i/* 



It has so often been the experie occ of the writer, whe-.t be has examined 

 botli eye-pieces and objectives for cleanliness, that dust whxh has accumulated 

 nn t!re surfaces of [hi &la>> is the rtneroscovt3t's worst enemy, it romt be 

 removed periodically. The Ivji5es may *eem to pernirm well enough even 

 when very dirty, but that ii no reason for them to remain dirty. Tt is most 

 .^atisiyintf. after (denninjs, to note iht brilliance of the surfaces, not to mention 

 v.hat it must do to the clarity of the image. 



A good method of cleanir.fi is to take two freshly sundered soft cotton 

 baadkefchieis (out to be used for damping and the other for drying) and 

 a goot'. quality, clean, rather small camel-hau' watCKolovit' brush. The lo&t 

 should be kept wrapped up when not in use. Place one ounce of 50 per coil 

 -ihohol to which has been added one dtop of glacial ace lie acid, ir a small 

 tumbler. Screw the eye tens out of an eve- piece, taking gfltfe to keep the 

 fineer* or? the glass. (Hands should be washed beforehand to get nd of 

 txcis;, oil horn the pores of the skin.) Take tlic brush and tickle the dust 

 from ihc gl«.ss surfaces, paying -particular atiertiuti io where rhv edges join 

 tbe mount. Then dip a corner of one of the handkerchiefs in the solution and 

 just dampen tt. The solution chncs very otuckly, «o repeated dipping* are 



• Sfrcr«ary *f 1li* Microaoopical Crour. 



