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Wakeheld, Ftora vf I'icform; AVtf 1 Strict cU 2\$ 



Distribution: Australian Alps. A'Vtc South WQt&t* As well a> lite tfpt 

 collection, there »S another from the Kosciusko Plateau < te$. Alec. B. Cost in, 

 April IV47), Victoria: Cobboras Mountains; {taj. F. Mueller; also N. A. 

 Wakefield, No. 25^2, 1 2/ 1/1 947, all S.QOO it ; . Prettv Vallev, Bogong- Ht£h 

 Plains (■/«. J. H mm* 19/1/1947). 



The specimens collected by .Mueller and cited shove are duplicates of 

 ^ymypes of P. cu*vijh>ni vfr. atpitta F Mueti. £X Rc-nth. (Ft. ^itstr. 6: XI}. 

 In the Australian Alps (esact locally unknown), Mueller collected also some 

 specimens of P i-urviftorn which his annotations on herbarium labels show 

 that he considered to be the same as hu material of the present P. biftora. 



P. curviflora R.Br, is readily distinguished by »U erect habit. -±. alternate 

 foliage, and by its inflorescences being muUiflotvcml and mostly axillary- 

 The inflorescence of P. biftora indicates it? affinities, not with P. atrvifiora, 

 but with the P. ftam-P. dicholoma group. 



MICROSCOPICAL GROUP 



Mr. D. Mclunes was the lecturer at the March meeting of the group, his 

 stibpcei being "The Grinding and Mounting of Rock Sections" Mi. Mclmn?e, 

 as ULiual, put a great deal of time and thought into tm presentation, with the 

 result ui kerning his listeners interested in lhe technique of the preparation, 

 grinding, and subsequent mounting hi this interesting brunch of microscopy. 

 The dofcu nueroMcvpes (Ml the bench all showed spVQMittxs of rock section*. 

 The subject for |he 17th April meeting is entitled. "The Microscope with 

 Camera-Lucida in Hi Urinology'' and the -peaker is Mr. Uuriir; of the National 

 Museum. All interested are cordially invited ro he present, 



LETTERS TO EDITOR 



Hon. EJiror, Virtttrntn Vii/rirVrit.rr, 

 Dear Sir, 



Since |Fu! publication of the tribute, to the latr Rev. H. M. Ec. Rtipp ("The- 

 Passing of a Great Orchidologist" by J H. Willis. Vict, Iftif, ?1: 305-1(3) a 

 iHtrtibcr ot iiKjuin'es- have been received concerning the reference on page 110 

 to tiara on the life of Ronald Campbell Gurm which was gathered by Rev. 

 Rupp a«d ''believed to have been sent for publication to the Royal Society 

 of Tasmania, Northern Branch, about 195T". 



In W51, at the request ot this Branch, Mr. W Baulch. one of our mem- 

 Ixts, undertook to prepare material tor a biography of R. C Gin in. Mr. Rtipp 

 corresi>onded with and sent some notes to Mr Ranleh who informs nic That 

 then- Jiotes were returned to Kev. Kupp by the beginning of 1955. Mr. Batdch 

 hopes to complete his work early in 1953, 



Yours faithfully 



Fhaxk Ki.uk, Hoii, Secretary 

 Northern R ranch. Royal Society of Tasmania 

 Xovttiibcr 26, 1956. 



Hon. Rditnr, Victorian 1\' ot nrcilist , 

 Dear Srt, 



J wish to draw aUemion to the report oi Proceeding of the General Meet 

 ing. December 10, 1956, where it is stated (lines 21-23) "that Australian 

 occurrences (of dolomite) were fresh-watet sedimentary fpeka and not marine 

 dc].«.isita as in Europe and elsewhere."* 



This is incorrect, as extensive deposits of dolomite or marine origin occur at 

 Simthlon, Tasmania; Cudgcgong, New South Wales: and Ardrossan, South 



" Tfii« was recorded 3* M"r. Raker's own statement. Actually, (he. word ''sttiue'* wtti 

 inadvertently omitted . r a»i<J the report should U.tvf* t>;id "that <timt Australia" occur- 



