BBBBB EEEEEE NN N ISSN 1188-603X BB B EE NNN N BBBBB EEEEE NN N N BOTANICAL BB B EE NN NN ELECTRONIC BBBBB EEEEEE NN N NEWS No. 40 September 23, 1992 Address: aceska@cue.bc.ca Victoria, B.C. ----------------------------------------------------- AQUILEGIA SEEDS WANTED From: Scott Hodges I am currently working on the genus Aquilegia and would like to receive seed of species in your area. Ideally, seed from different individuals should be kept separate. I am particularly interested in seed from A. brevistyla though seed from any species would be helpful. My address is: Scott Hodges Dept. of Biological Sciences Rutgers University 101 Warren St. Newark, NJ 07102 USA E-mail: Doug_Bush@axon.rutgers.edu POSITION OPENING: COMPUTER SPECIALIST The California Academy of Sciences, located in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, has a full time opening for a Computer Specialist in the Botany Department. This position is funded by grant money and is for a two-year period. This position is to undertake and complete the preliminary stages for a project to computerize all the collection data for the California specimens housed at the herbarium of California Academy of Sciences (CAS and DS) as part of the Specimen MAnagement System for California Herbaria (SMASCH) which is an inter-institutional project involving also the herbaria of the University of California at Berkeley (UC) and Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden (RSA). The holder of this position will have to work closely with botanical and computer staff at all three institutions. An additional duty of this position is the responsibility for connecting all the Academy's research departments and associated research library to NSFNet. Application deadline: October 9, 1992 For more information (skills, qualifications, etc.) contact: Bruce Bartholomew SAD NEWS FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA Jack Dietrich died of heart attack last week in Germany. Jack was a photo lab technician and later a boss of the electron microscope utility at the Biology Department of UVIC. He retired several years ago, but he retained his interest in photography and his last trip to his native Germany was to attend a photographic show. He was always ready to help anyone and he will be warmly remembered by all of us who knew him. - AC WORKSHOPS IN METHODOLOGY OF BIODIVERSITY IN BRITISH COLUMBIA The Wildlife Branch of the B.C. Ministry of Environment, Lands and Parks published the Proceedings of a workshop of February 27, 1992. ("Methodology for monitoring wildlife diversity in B.C. forests." BC MELP, Victoria. 77 p. ISBN 0-7726-1579). Almost all contributions dealt with animals and vegetation and plants were mentioned only as a part of the "habitat." The Ministry of Environment, Lands and Parks is preparing a second Biodiversity Methodology Workshop at Tigh-na-Mara south of Parksville (Vancouver Island) on January 20-21, 1993. The next workshop will focus not just on wildlife and habitat, but also plants. If you have any comments, or if you are interested in further information, contact Trudy Chatwin . LEPYRODICLIS HOLOSTEOIDES (CARYOPHYLLACEAE) "NEW" TO NORTH AMERICA From: Madrono 39(1992): 240-242. This interesting note by Richard K. Rabeler and Richard R. Old reports the occurrence and distribution of Lepyrodiclis in Idaho and Washington. L. holosteoides (C. Meyer) Fenzl ex. Fisch. & C. Meyer resembles some species of Stellaria, but has two styles and two entire capsule valves (like Minuartia). It was first found in Nez Perce County, Idaho in 1959 and has become a serious weed problem in green pea and wheat fields there and in Whitcom County, Washington. The plant is native in the Caucasus region of the ex-USSR and in Pakistan. FLORA OF AUSTRALIA - LICHENS The Flora of Australia will describe all the indigenous and naturalised plants found in Australia and its territories. There are keys for identification, notes, illustrations, maps of distribution, and bibliographic information. Volumes 1 to 50 will cover vascular plants, and volume 51 onwards will deal with non-vascular plants. To date thirteen volumes of the Flora of Australia have been published. Volume 54 deals with Lichens: Introduction and Lecanorales 1. It contains introductory chapters on lichens in Australia, including their structure, chemistry, ecology and classification, as well as history of their discovery. The Flora is published by the AGPS Press and further information can be obtained from AGPS Mail Order Sales, GPO BOX 84, Canberra ACT 2601, Australia. NEW NETWORK LISTS FOREST is an international electronic mailing list has been set up for forest researchers. The mailing list is intended to be a general-purpose forum for all issues that can be fitted into email and are raised within IUFRO members and other parties interested in forestry sciences. 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