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NOTICE TO CONTRIBUTORS 
Papers dealing with all aspects of vegetation mapping and plant community descriptions, 
including (loristic lists and ecological data of value for land use and environmental impact studies, 
are considered for publication in Cunninghamia, Papers dealing primarily with New South 
Wales or with comparative data from New South Wales and neighbouring states will be given 
preference over those dealing exclusively with other Australian states or other countries. The 
latter will be considered on the basis of their relevance to New South Wales. Articles of limited 
scope may be published as Reports or Short Communications. Papers are refereed. 
Submission of a paper implies that the results reported have never been published and are not 
being considered for publication elsewhere. 
Manuscripts. Two copies of the manuscript, each accompanied by prints of all illustrations, 
should be sent to the Editor, Cunninghamia, National Herbarium of New South Wales, Royal 
Botanic Gardens, Sydney 2000. They should be typed double-spaced on one side only of the 
paper, with ample margins. Style should follow that of a recent issue. The full postal address 
of the author who will check the proofs and receive correspondence should be included, as well 
as the present address of any author if different from that where the work was carried out. All 
pages should be numbered consecutively. The main title should be explicit and descriptive of 
the content of the paper; a short running title should also be provided. Manuscripts must be 
written in English. 
There is a range of different headings; the main headings should be centred, lesser ones placed 
at the left-hand margin. It would be helpful if authors could indicate in the margin the relative 
importance of a heading by use of ringed capital letters, e.g. (A) for main headings, (B) for 
secondary headings and (C) for tertiary headings, etc. 
Footnotes within the text should be used only when essential. They should be placed below 
a horizontal line at the foot of the page. 
Abbreviations and units. SI units (metre, kilogram etc.) are to be used. Statistics and measure¬ 
ments should always be given in figures, e.g. 10 mm, except where the number begins the sentence. 
When the number does not refer to a unit of measurement, it is spelt out where the number is less 
than 10. The Printing Style Manual, New South Wales Government Printing Office, or the 
annotated CSIRO Style Guide, (both available at the National Herbarium of New South Wales) 
should be consulted for spelling, abbreviations and other conventions. 
Tables. The presentation of the same data in both graphical and tabular form should be avoided. 
Tables must be clearly headed and, if possible, self-explanatory. They must be typed on separate 
sheets and should be numbered consecutively with arabic numerals. Column headings should 
be brief with units of measurement in parentheses. Each table must be referred to in the text 
and its approximate position should be indicated in the margin of the manuscript. 
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should be numbered consecutively. Line drawings should be in black ink on stout white paper 
or strong tracing paper, and should not be lettered. Lettering should be clearly shown on a 
copy. Figures should be suitable for 30-50% reduction and should be drawn or grouped so 
that on reduction they will fit within the type area (205 x 125 mm). Bar scales for maps and 
photographs are preferred to numerical scales. 
Maps should include all relevant place names and site locations. Preferred symbols are open 
and closed circles, squares and triangles; the symbols x and + should be avoided. Authors 
wishing to submit large or complex maps should discuss cartography with the Editor before final 
preparation. 
Authors are asked to keep all original illustrations until the Editor asks for them and to 
send prints or photocopies of drawings, reduced to publication size. Originals should be sub¬ 
mitted unlettered or lettered in soft pencil only. Good quality glossy prints of photographs 
should be sent unmounted, without lettering added. Details of lettering required should be 
given on an accompanying copy. Each figure should have the author’s name and the number 
written lightly on the back in pencil and should have a caption which makes the material com¬ 
pletely understandable. Captions should be typed on a separate sheet and the approximate 
position of the figure should be indicated in the margin of the typescript. 
Acknowledgments. These should be placed under a separate heading immediately preceding 
References. 
References. References should be made by giving the author’s name with the year of publication 
in parentheses. When reference is made to a work by three authors all names should be given 
when cited for the first time and thereafter only the first name and et al., for four or more 
authors the first name followed by et al. should be used on all occasions. If several papers by 
the same author and from the same year are cited, a, b, c, etc. should be put after the year of 
