From the President . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Nancy Burbidge Medal
      2004 Nancy Burbidge Medal acceptance speech . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
ASBS Inc. business
      New members . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Articles
      Interpreting biogeographic patterns . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
      CALM’s Pilbara biological survey – a “Visiting Botanist” viewpoint . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
      The true story of Sirodotia goebelii . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
      Floral floats and flower battles – Australian acacia under another name . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
News
      Kevin Thiele, new head of the Western Australian Herbarium. . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
      New PERTH taxonomy project: the Biodiversity Conservation Initiative . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
      Perth news. . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
      CHAH and HISCOM meet in Hobart . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
      Bob Harwood leaving Darwin . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
      Ancient DNA laboratory and climate change initiative in South Australia . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
      Judy West: A get well from all of us . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
      FloraBase phylogeny . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
      First appointment to ATH, the Australian Tropical Herbarium in Cairns . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Miscellanea – 1
      The call for more systematists from outside bodies . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
      The first issue of Kanunnah . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
      Science media . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
      Acacia – the debate continues . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
      Free access to Royal Society journals for 2 months from September 15th . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
      Germinating 200 year old seeds successfully. . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
      Notice: Taxonomic Research for Australia’s Environmental Future. PhD Scholarships . . . . . . 21
      New date terminology. . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
ABRS report . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
ABLO report. . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Book reviews
      Flora of Australia launching into mosses. . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
      Identifying Australian orchid genera . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
      Homage to Hebe, or perhaps a glorious last stand for independence. . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
      Australian seeds. . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
      An Otway Flora. . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
      Tangled trees . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Conference reports
      Eighth International Mycological Congress, Cairns, 2006. . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
      Acacia 2006 conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
New books
      Rainforest Trees and Shrubs: a field guide to their identification . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
      Plankton: A Critical Creation . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
      François Péron – an impetuous life . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
      Weeds of the South-East - an identification guide for Australia . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
      Grasses of South Australia publications . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
      Two State Library of SA publications . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Exhibitions
      Margaret Flockton Award report. . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
      The Art of Botanical Illustration Exhibition 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Theses
      Systematic Studies in Homoranthus (Myrtaceae: Chamelaucieae): Species Limits, Phylogenetic           Relationships and Generic Boundaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
From TAXACOM
      Flora Brasiliensis (1840-1906) on-line. . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Linnaean Plant Name Typification Project – seeking comments . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Miscellanea – 2
      Paper and journal citations . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Coming conferences
      Cheeseman conference – New Zealand Plant Conservation Network conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
      Southern Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
      3rd Global Botanic Gardens Congress . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
      Australian Systematic Botany Society, 2007, Darwin . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
      Linnaean tercentenary celebration, Sydney . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42