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Field width ~400μm
14-stack (5μm slices) F40X Objective Z
A prepared slide
2012-01-25-16.52.33 ZS retouched
Don’t mind me, I’m just experimenting with different lighting setups! Normally I use the built-in lights on my stereo-microscope — the Leica EZ4 has a great four-position lighting rig that shines light from different angles to produce or remove shadows — but I’ve long used little keychain flashlights to add light or shadow where the built-in lights can’t.
Pimelea sp. (Thymelaeaceae), the smooth rice flower. Possibly P. glauca or P. linifolia. Agnes Banks Nature Reserve, Hawkesbury. The conservation status of this plant is sort of strange: in Rare Bushland Plants of Western Sydney 2nd ed. (James, McDougall & Benson 1999), they list it alongside Pimelea spicata, which is endangered. However, the same organisation that published the book (The Royal Botanical Gardens Sydney) now lists Pimelea glauca as widespread.
First three from the left and last slide prepared by James W. Bond (1803-1884). Not sure about the vine root and the drone-fly leg.