The Victorian naturalist . f the sketches, jottings andnoises you recorded. Photography Direct photography of the eclipse isonly satisfactory if a telephoto lens isused. While any sun is visible theshortest exposure at minimum aper-ture must be used, but beware ofdamage to your camera from the in-tense heat generated on the shutter ifdirect sunhght is allowed to fall on the ecHpse is total, take photo-graphs at as many different speeds andapertures as you can: short exposuresshow details close to the eclipse, longexposures show the streamers better;luck may enable you to photographsome
The Victorian naturalist . f the sketches, jottings andnoises you recorded. Photography Direct photography of the eclipse isonly satisfactory if a telephoto lens isused. While any sun is visible theshortest exposure at minimum aper-ture must be used, but beware ofdamage to your camera from the in-tense heat generated on the shutter ifdirect sunhght is allowed to fall on the ecHpse is total, take photo-graphs at as many different speeds andapertures as you can: short exposuresshow details close to the eclipse, longexposures show the streamers better;luck may enable you to photographsomething your eye does not course use a tripod and have atorch handy. Do not look at the sun through thecamera or its view-finder, even with afilter. It could result in permanent eyedamage. A booklet about the eclipse is avail-able for $ from The AstronomicalSociety, Box 1059 J, GPO, well as astronomical data, it con-tains suggestions for natural historyobservers and useful hints for The Endemic Flora of Victoria BY Ross Macdonald* A list of the endemic vascular plants of Victoria can never be species may have border-hopped to be found in other States, and somust be excluded from the list. On the other hand it is to be hoped that furthersearching will provide new endemic species in the future. In this list, varieties and subspecies have been excluded. *Signifies hybridsand aberrant forms of other species. At the present time there are 136 species endemic to Victoria. Fern Cyatheaceae:Cyathea marcescens MonocotyledonsGramineae:Poa hothamensisDeyeuxia sp., affin : Scirpus victoriensis (likely to be found in NSW and SA)Carex pauperaRestionaceae:Lepyrodia flexuosaCentrolepidaceae:Centrolepis cephaloformisLiliaceae:Astelia australianaOrchidaeae:Thelymitra murdochaeCalochilus richaeDiuris fastidiosa (presumed extinct)Prasophyllum (presumed extinct) .appendicul
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