One more chapter

Commelina cyanea, Native Wandering Jew, Norma Road, Palm Beach.

Only swimming on weekends, and I spotted this beautiful blue, walking to the beach.
Just one chapter to go, the final summary and discussion. All other chapters have had at least two drafts, the papers to be published or published about 7 drafts. The last substantive chapter is now in second draft......
Two weeks before I submit to the internal examiners... So, quite a bit of work to go.

theses and botanising

I am currently writing up my thesis, and taking an inordinately and unnecessarily long time to do so. I have been on only one botanising walk, since my return to Sydney. (So, two photos from that walk.)

And here at work (avoiding work) I found a specimen from the NSW herbarium's record, with a photo of an actual plant collected by Banks and Solander. (If it is not from Banks & Solander, then it does come from the British Museum Collection..) Such an incredible collection. (Click to see it...)
Plantnet Acacia julifer



Casuarinas and banksia on Barrenjoey Headland.


Leptospermum squarrosum, a lovely tea-tree common in the coastal scrub.

Given that Acacia julifera was collected by Solander and Banks, here is a photograph of a beautiful tree planted, I think, in the 19th century, and a plant in the Botanic Gardens whose plaque says "Not collected by Banks and Solander". It is a magnificent tree.


Eucalyptus grandis.