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Identifier: victoriannatura851968luca (find matches)
Title: The Victorian naturalist
Year: 1884 (1880s)

Arthur Henry Shakespeare Lucas  (1853–1936)
Alternative names	A.H.S.Lucas; Arthur Henry Shakespeare Luras; A. H. S. Lucas
Description	British botanist and entomologist
Date of birth/death	7 May 1853	10 June 1936
Location of birth/death	Stratford-upon-Avon	Albury
Authority file	: Q2865141 VIAF: 3802231 ISNI: 0000000084178738 LCCN: n81111921 Botanist: A.H.S.Lucas Open Library: OL4506631A WorldCat

Francis George Allman Barnard  (1857–1932)
	Alternative names	Birth name: Francis George Allman Barnard; Barnard; F. G. A. ‎Barnard; Francis Barnard
	Description	Australian-British naturalist, pharmacist, politician, editor and cricketer
	Date of birth/death	1857 / 26 December 1857	1932 / 2 June 1932 / 1 June 1932
	Location of birth/death	Melbourne	Melbourne
	Authority file	: Q3081456 VIAF: 40699264 LCCN: n81089221 NLA: 36356473 WorldCat

Subjects: Natural history Natural history
Publisher: (Melbourne) Field Naturalists Club of Victoria
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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ded for Victoria. Vict. Nat.84: 273-281. November, 1968 325 Abnormality in Leptoceras fimbriatum (Lindl.) Photographs by R. G. Richardson Abnormal specimens of Leptocerasfimbriatum Lindl were collected bythe author on Mount Ingoldsby atAnglesea, on 23 April, 1967. Theplants were located amongst normalflowers in a colony numbering morethan 200 individuals, In all, 28 plantswere flowering; 21 of which exhibiteddouble heads—a total of 49 flowers.This is an unsually high number forthis orchid, as generally only oddplants in the colonies flower. However,the increase was probably due to acarryover effect of the bushflre whichswept the area in 1965. The responseof this orchid to such a stimulus isamazing. While studying the flowers, it wasnoticed that one with a single head,had multiple labellum development.Closer observation showed that in allthree segments were present. A large Double-flowered Leptoceras; normal flower(upper), abnormal flower lower right. The 3labella are easily visible.
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326 by David L. Jones segment at the bottom of the tiersuggested a normal labellum, exceptfor a niche missing from one corner.In this corner just above the niche wasanother much smaller segment; almosta perfect replica of a labellum inminiature. Comparison suggested thatthe smaller segment fitted into theniche on the larger labellum, but itwas obvious that the two segmentshad developed seperately. Close in atthe base of the column a third, verytiny segment, was visible. Obviouslythis was of labellum tissue because ofthe prominent markings, and the typeof tissue of this organ. After this find, a closer scrutiny ofother plants in the colony revealedanother flower aberrant in a similarway. The plant in question had twoflowers, one of which was normalwhile the other had three labellumsegments as before. In this case, how-ever, the hand lens revealed that threeperfectly formed labella were present,with no suggestion of distortion. Thebottom central segment was thelargest, being slightly sm

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