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25 September 2008 8:25 AM
A couple of requests from Gumnutters....1. Flora of the Kimberley Region
Helen Dauncey writes....
"I see from the Gumnuts blog that you will assist in finding out of print books - in Feb of 2007 Graeme Armstrong was seeking a copy of Flora of the Kimberley Region by Wheeler et al and a reply was received from someone who had seen it in a bookshop.
I am extremely keen to find a copy of the same book - I am at Mornington Wildlife Sanctuary in the central Kimberley region looking after the Herbarium. I am expecting to buy a copy second hand and am willing to pay a good price for it."
If you can help Helen, contact her at:
hdauncey@NO_SPAMozemail.com.au
(obviously, remove "NO_SPAM" from the address first!)
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2. Mint Bush IDJeff Howes has been growing what he thought to be Prosthanthea phylicifolia for many years and it a great long flowering plant. He writes.....
".....However, I am now doubting which species it really is and I thought on-lines readers may be able to help me identify it.
George Althofer states in his book Cradle of Incense that its leaves are:
- Sessile (attached directly at base and no stalk) - yes my plant has
- Oblong - yes my plant has
- Linear - yes my plant has
- Obtuse (blunt or rounded at end) -- not my plant
- with revolute margins -- yes sort of, say 1/2 as they are not that much curled over
- Thick fleshy in texture - maybe.
Then again......
The Macquarie Dictionary of Trees and Shrubs advises:
- White to lilac flowers with yellow or violet-dotted throat -- no again for my plant.
- Has smooth narrow leaves averaging 12 mm -- yes
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Prostanthera phylicifolia grows naturally in the New England and lower portions of the Southern Alps in New South Wales, the Glass House Mountain area of Queensland and on mountain areas in East Gippsland Victoria."
If you can help, post a comment or email me and I'll pass on any info to Jeff.
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