The Victorian naturalist . with its number offlowers. The un-opened bud is very muchthe shape of a birds beak, and mayaccount for the common name. Thesweetly scented flowers are usuallydark reddish-brown with a yellow la-bellum which is rather waxy in ap-pearance. However, I have foundcolour variations from the darkestnigger brown, through cinnamon, towholly yellow. The stem is quite stiffand dark, and each flower nestles ina small pointed bract. Lyperanthus suaveolens is wide-spread in open forest country quiteclose to Melbourne and eastward, inboth mountain and coastal areas. Re-corded also
The Victorian naturalist . with its number offlowers. The un-opened bud is very muchthe shape of a birds beak, and mayaccount for the common name. Thesweetly scented flowers are usuallydark reddish-brown with a yellow la-bellum which is rather waxy in ap-pearance. However, I have foundcolour variations from the darkestnigger brown, through cinnamon, towholly yellow. The stem is quite stiffand dark, and each flower nestles ina small pointed bract. Lyperanthus suaveolens is wide-spread in open forest country quiteclose to Melbourne and eastward, inboth mountain and coastal areas. Re-corded also for Tasmania, ,and Queensland, it flowers in theSpring. December 1968 by C. E. Gray Another interesting feature of Ly-peranthus is that the various specieshave entirely different types of has one other species. It is amore showy plant but is a shy large, round, leathery leaves foundgrowing flat on the ground in sandyplaces, and often in extensive coloniesare those of Lyperanthus Readers Nature Notes and Queries These columns are available for all members, young and old, to bringbefore others their own observations in nature. Correspondence may be sentto the Editor, 54 St. James Road, Heidelberg. Satin Bower-birds Mr. ODonnell of Greensborough,who visited the Ovens Valley districtduring September last, writes regard-ing the unusual presence of satinbower birds (identification assumedfrom the information and illustrationsgiven on page 157 in Robin HillsAustralian Birds. Last week it was my good fortune toobserve at close range a group of foursuch birds in a friends garden, only aboutsix feet away from a window overlookingthe north side of the house in Wandili-gong. These bower birds appeared to be allthe same sex (perhaps there were twopairs) as all seemed the same colour andsize. I was told that these birds camenearly every morning about 9-10 oclockto go through their performance ofbower building (and bower destruction),prancing about
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