OPTIMA Newsletter is a news journal for the presentation and discussion of issues pertinent to Mediterranean botany, published by the Secretariat of the Organization for the Phyto-Taxonomic Investigation of the Mediterranean Area. The editors welcome the submission of news, items and articles by all interested parties. Please send articles to:

OPTIMA Secretariat, Dpto. Biología Vegetal, E.U.I.T. Agrícola, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, E-28040 Madrid, Spain.Tel.: (34) 1-5545800 Ext. 210. Fax: (34) 1-3365656. E-mail: iriondo@ ccupm.upm.es

Editors: J.M. Iriondo and L.J. De Hond

Conservation News Editor: J.M. Iriondo

Herbarium News Editor: P. Blanco

ITN News Editor: W. Berendsohn

Lichen News Editor: P.L. Nimis

Announcements: S. Pajarón and J.M. Iriondo

Notices of Publications Editor: W. Greuter

French Translation: J. Mathez

English Translation: L.J. De Hond

Lay out: M.J. Albert

OPTIMA Secretariat acknowledges the continuous support of the Departamento de Biología Vegetal and the Escuela Universitaria de Ingeniería Técnica Agrícola of the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid.