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T.F.N.C. ‘RUT LPT IN 
August,1975 
Our last outing into the Florentine Valley was a success. '.Te left with 
sunshine, enjoyed the trio through the Derwent Valley and arrived in the 
rainy rainforest at 10.30 a.m. Luckily enough our raincoats were used only 
once. Our leader, Nr. David De Little really knew where to get the bugs, 
^here were the dormant ones which became crawling ones, ordinary gum 
leaves in very odd manipulated shapes. Of course records were taken of 
the birds and we found a Zieria showing some pink flowe-s. 
ZIFRIA arborescens is a much branched shrub or small tree up to 4m. 
high - good for a background sh>ub in a garden. The foliage is in three 
parts or leaflets dark green abc/e, 3-10 cm. long approximately 1.2.5 cm. 
wide. The flowers in in a flat topped umbrella -roup (cyme) on the tip 3 
D -r -branches. The flowers are approximately 3 cm. across and normally 
white. In full bloom it is an attractive shrub. Why must it be called 
»gtinkwood'? It grows best in damp situations. 
TANTHU TO SPTil A Handbook of the Pirds of Tasmania and its 
Denendencies, by F.M. Littler, published by 
the author, 1910. This is the original 
edition and in very good condition. 
Please make an offer to L.P. Tall, 63 Flphin- 
sto^e Poad, North Hobart. 7000 
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