into three or lour sections ttwl up 

 the sheltered hillside with •» 

 nees. faettftttuctii and CaSSiHlOS, 

 belosv which i:iu\v tin' smallci simile, 

 hcibs. Mid numci.nis or. In. Is then 



ovei (be top ami through ihi Ptt'bei 



gloomy shc-oak woods [CVfiMrtWlUW) 



again with many orchids flowering 



and seed in ji among the she-oak 

 needles on die ground <nd finally 

 out on to the open heathlunds of 

 Tonjiue-Point. These were gay With 

 i no i.muM able bright llosvcrs, many ol 

 the pca-l'amily. I'ulu-ntwus, Dilhvyitiaw 

 the primrose Gompholobium huegettl^ 

 Running Postman [ Knim clyu PWM- 

 nam), the hright purple ol the Mag 

 Irises, die purple daisy hush [Olifanu 

 <ilutut), the Hanksius. She-oaks ami 

 Acm-uix dwarfed by exposure to I he 

 tierce southerly scales. Finally lh«t 



is die fUgged knob Of huge slabs,,, 

 gttUttK «t>d piKklv siimted h u ,h,, 

 A less' h.uds bOdtttS did this \ ni 

 stienuous chmh in record tiruc m 

 hud the pn/cd Lnuson Berry (f 

 iliottcs jitnipeiimt. vat . oxyrcdimi 

 1 ater. w.ilkuti: hack across the fa 

 and ssvamps, svilh iheir tushes arjc 

 scslyes. various other I hclymhr,, 

 wen; found, /. artaata, t ftcxmu 

 1 , i.uoidrs, I ■ nnd'ut, T rubra— (jjjQ 

 I'msophyllum hrfvihihrc. and v \ (u 

 hhd supply ol swiunp heath, 

 tfiliA int tiiiuilii. Due diruh oi panit.- 

 lar inieiesi to the F.N.r.V. in t n - 

 area is Oliotin rillnulerue. collect^; 

 In and named after our KxaiNo-. 

 Secretary*! Miss Mane Allender. Anj 

 so hack to the City With its noise 

 and smells, hut not the aromatic aiv 

 honeyed scents of a happy weekend 



book reviews 



Thfee further Australian nalnial 

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 useful additions to A. II. $ A. W. 

 Reed's now established series. 



BENEATH Australian SBAS 

 by Walter Deas and t hunt- 1 aw lei . 



sives interesting infoimalion 

 on the history of imdci -water study 

 and the development ot scuba divine, 

 reveals the opportunities to assLst 

 marine biological study otTcred to 

 divers by this modern sporl, and 

 illustrates diese with ewcllenl photo- 

 graphs ol under-waler life in colour. 



\l SI KALIAN CRUS'l AC FANS 



in colour by ktiHttflj Hesjj ami 



John Yaldwyti, $J.s»5, covers both 

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 vides an outline classification, and 



gives .lUthoritative notes on groups 

 accompanied by excellent coloui 

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 ertces for fuilher reading and phoiu 

 graphic information are included li 

 is 4 reference book not merely a 

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U M RAI IAN N VI I VI ORCH 

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 li. R. Rotheiham. STs>5, i.s alw 

 reference literature M well as a en- 

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 orchid plates. General notes on iIk 

 orchid family and the structure flj 

 i he orchid llnsver are included and the 

 text covering sisenty ol Ihc eigliV 

 five genera is very tnformafivc Insef 

 pollination is illustrated and sli* 

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