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Mr. E. Cheel exhibited: Loranthtis Bidwilli Benth., on Red 

 Pine {CaUitris calcarata R.Br.) from Burrinjuck, N.S.W. (Jan- 

 uary, 1912). There are also specimens in the National Herba- 

 rium, from Forked Mountains, Coonabarabran, collected by Dr. 

 H. I. Jensen from the same host. [For other records of this 

 species on Conifers, see the Society's Proceedings for 1908, p. 291] 

 — Notothixos cornifolius Oliv., on a Kurrajong {Sterculia diversi- 

 foUa F.v.M.) from Burrinjuck. — Rosa turhinata Alton, gathered 

 from a large patch growing along the roadside, near Kembla 

 Grange platform; it has probably been mistaken for the common 

 Hweetbriar {R. rubujinosa) which is also to be found in the same 

 district. — Grevillea asplenifolia R.Br., var. Shepfierdiana F.v.M., 

 an interesting variety found to be fairly plentiful in a gull}' off' 

 the Nattai River, ind Hill Top. The only other record of it 

 appears to be that of Baron von Mueller (Victorian Naturalist, 

 Vol. X., 1894, p.151). It was named after a son of Mr. P. L. C. 

 Shepherd, who collected the type-specimens at Cole River, near 

 Jervis Bay. 



Mr. Fred Turner exhibited, and offered observations on, some 

 samples of fruit of Owenia acidula F.v.M., from the Darling 

 River, New South Wales. The fruit was given to the exhibitor 

 by Mr. Cedric S. Campbell, of Dungalear Station. When ripe, 

 the fruit, which is about three inches in circumference, and 

 resembles a small rough-skinned apple, has a crimson, succulent 

 epicarp of a pleasant acid taste, and is eaten by both the white 

 settlers and the aborigines. The putamen is very hard, and the 

 spongy coating of the seed cells is intensely bitter and may be 

 worth chemically investigating. 



Mr. Tillyard exhibited photographs of a small plant of Nuytsia 

 floribimda (the Western Australian Christmas-Tree) raised from 

 seed, aged one year, growing in his garden at Hornsby. This 

 plant is growing in rather sandy soil and is clearly not parasitic 

 at the present stage. It will be interesting to watch the progress 

 of this plant to see whether it is possible to raise it to the flower- 

 ing stage. 



