President's Report

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ASBS Inc. Business

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Letters to the Editor

• Distribution of funds under the ABRS Participatory Grants Program - Hal Cogger .................... 4

• On the proposed society for systematists - Alex George .................... 6

Conferences

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Articles

• Some Australian Myrtaceae specimens held at Geneva Herbarium (G) - A. R. Bean .................... 8

• A simple experiment conjures up more problems - H. Toelken .................... 9

Thesis abstracts

• Epacris Cav. - its phylogeny and relationships to Rupicola Maiden & Betche and Budawangia Telford - M. J. Southam .................... 12

• Phylogenetic relationships within Monotoca R. Br. and Oligarrhena R. Br. (Epacridaceae) - C. T. Owens .................... 12

Australian Biological Resources Study

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ABLO Report

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News from FASTS

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Awards

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Plant Notes

• Panicum racemosum .................... 24

Miscellany

• Email addresses .................... 25

• An editorial comment-2. A tense situation .................... 26

• 'I really do wish to thank' .................... 26

• 'Society of Australian Systematic Biologists' World Wide Web Home Page .................... 27

Book Reviews

• "Historical biogeography of the southeast Asian genus Spatholobus (Legum. - Papilionoideae) and its allies" .................... 29

• "The ecology and biogeography of Nothofagus forests" .................... 32

• "Cottoning On" .................... 37