176 Court, Xoutcmhhtrc &f Fittorfott Dkotyitdtinx t vSl 



Nftt. 

 73 



M. rnitatosa WHU. /iwtim. P/oiW. //art. Zii.ru/. Snppl. 31 MKt3j, jioinen 

 ilf, MWftfott WiHd. ex Link &?tfm. Pf««, tfPrA B*fW /: £7 (1822). 



Modern systematists working on the jrctiu5 Cvlf*sttwo*t. have overlooked die 

 fact thai iVIeir/i.tiikrw rugnfo&n was not validly described until 1822. in 

 assuming that the date of valid publication was 1813, they ignored M. marra* 

 fmnctata. The description, kindly transcribed by the Director or the Royal 

 BolEMUC Gardens, Kew, fits material identified here as C rntjuloxns. DeCati- 

 dolle (Pvodr. 3: 223 (1R28)) indicates quite plainly that C. ntgulosat and 

 M. vwtrnf*unctnl<t are eonsuccihe and this is taken a* sufficient evidence to 

 justify tbt new combination. 



CAI.VTRfX ALPflSTRfS {litutl ) Court, combin-atio »nva 



OfiutyHu Attprxlris Linrll- in Much 3$m trptf It Amsh 1- l?6 (IftJfl). 



Uwttkyu nlpi-Mris (Uiutl > Unite in /?*•/'- Btti. {S<#.) B.rsti. C t. Mtndtr. 

 Wtfi 03* f 15*1 7>, 



There are no constant differences between Lhvtzkya Sehaucr and Cnhfftjx 

 J.abill. and it seems most desirably to iinitt these two genera- Accordingly 

 L. (tlpestrix (l.inril.) Drucc is here transferred to the genus talxlrix. The 

 main distinction between the two genera has been the absence of tfwtlS at the 

 apices of the sepals in I.ttotskyo^ In Victoria, at least, this dirintCtfon hrcafcs 

 down completely, there being 1 no awns in some desert forms of C\ tcir*mo\u* 

 Labill In the Pig Desert, and near Lake Hattah also, there is a complete 

 •radaiu • . — from specimens which have long fine awns to some without any 

 amis at all ft\ M. Reader's rm. variety "itu'wuir"). 



Goodemoceae 



DAMP1SRA PURPUREA RBr Prodr Fhr Xav HoH 588 («10). 



Off •*•/» »fro itHtinlota K Ur I C- 5*7 



U. MlHtti-ifiilia R. Br. I.e. i27. 



£► otoltfoha R. Br. 1 c. 588. 



O. hnnvmii F Muelb r r r«j/m. rlQfl Wmj/. 6: 29 0867). 



Krause in Pflattzcnrckh 427. ^7 (1912) placed D uudnlata R.Br. T 

 P. Totiuidifalitt R.Br., I?, ovtxHjolm R,Br, and /?. fatrfiurca K-Br. under £>. 

 Orounii F. MueJ) as synonyms. According to Art 16 of ibe International 

 Code (Stockholm, 1950) the oldest name must be retained, provided it is 

 validly published. Since Brown described the tour species listed above ttf the 

 one trine. P. purpurea is chosen as. tl»r WOM appropriate epithet \w\e\' Art 07 

 of Hie Code, the other three of his species being reduced to synonymy 

 thcteuMder. 



MICROSCOf KAL GROUP 



Mr. A. Tennant was guest speaker at ibe November meeting, and took as 

 his subject "The microscope in Metallurgy". In a lucid manner be explained 

 the various mixtures of the components which go to make up those numerous 

 metals used in industry, affecting as they do the tensile strength, hardness. 

 and bn'tMetK'W. Um'orninately the epidiascope was not avadabk for use *o 

 we missed seeing illustrations relating to the micro "make-up" of prepared 

 .specimens Mr. Temvmt WAS accorded o hearty vole of thanks, and. ni reply, 

 invited the Club members to his laboratory at Ruwolts to see a more 

 comprehensive dijpLay at some future dale. 



The subject for the January meeting was '"Kutomoslraca". the speakers 

 delivering their lecture in a novel and unusual manner. The subject matter 

 was recorded on 3 tape machine during the holiday* at home- Mr f> Melnucs 

 was the main lecturer, ably assisted by Mr. W. Evans, the delivery being 

 synchronized with a $i mm. projector showing photos of drawings oi the 

 water-flea and Cyclops. 



