Dedication 
This issue of Telopea is published in honour of Dr Lawrence 
Alexander Sidney Johnson following the occasion of his 70th 
birthday. Lawrie joined the staff of the National Herbarium of 
New South Wales as a botanist in 1948 and went on to be 
Director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, a position he held for 
over 13 years. Although now formally retired, he continues to 
make major contributions in plant systematics. 
