Greetings to the list from Tasmania, the land down under the land down under! The following item from the major Tasmanian daily newspaper may be of interest. ------------------------------------- article begins ------------------------------------------- Headline "New eucalypt find excites scientists" BOTANISTS have uncovered a previously unknown species of eucalypt in northern New South Wales. The 15-metre tree is thought to be a sub species of eucalyptus pachycalyx - itself classified as a relic. The chance discovery by rangers of the National Parks and Wildlife Service in September has once again excited scientists who are still reeling from the discovery only a month ago of a 200 million-year-old wollemi pine near Sydney. A group of 20 of the mature new eucalypts were found in a natural clearing in Banyabba Nature Reserve north of Grafton. ------------------------------------- article ends ------------------------------------------- Reference: Mercury 13 January 1995, page 3 cheers geoff 8-)
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