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ORDINARY MONTHLY MEETING. 



November 27th, 1912. 



Mr. W. W. Froggatt, F.L.S., President, in the Chair. 



Mr. FitANcis Edward Burbuuy, Launceston, Tas.; Miss Myall 

 Cadell, Beecroft, Sydney ; and M r. A. A. Girault, Nelson 

 (Cairns), N.Q., were elected Ordinary Members of the Society. 



The President reminded Candidates for Fellowships, that Sat- 

 urday, 30th inst., was the last day for sending in applications. 



A communication from the Secretaries of Section D(Biology), 

 Melbourne Meeting of the Australasian Association for the 

 Advancement of Science, January, 1913, asking intending con- 

 tributors of papers to communicate the titles as soon as con- 

 venient, and also to forward the papers, with abstracts, not later 

 than one week before the meeting, was read from the Chair. 



The Donations and Exchanges received since the previous 

 Monthly Meeting (30th October, 1912), amounting to 16 Vols., 74 

 Parts or Nos., 15 Bulletins, and 11 Pamphlets, received from 54 

 Societies and two Individuals, were laid upon the table. 



NOTES and exhibits. 



Mr. A. A. Hamilton showed specimens of four species of 

 plants from the Natit)nal Herbarium, Sydney, of which two, it is 

 believed, are new for Australia, and two new for New South 

 Wales, namely: Atriplex hastata Linn., Cook's River (A. A. 

 Hamilton; October, 1912); new for Australia. — Senecio crassi- 

 Jiorus DC, Waratah railway embankment(J. Gregson; March, 

 1910); The Dyke, Newcastle (Mrs. Hamilton; October, 1912); 

 new for Australia. — Galenia seminda Sond., Geelong Coast, Vic- 

 toria(Chas. Walters; January, 1902); recorded from Victoria in 

 E wart's Census of Weeds, etc., p. 144; West Maitland (J. C. 

 Purges; January, 1911); Stockton Beach(Mrs. Hamilton; October, 

 1912); new for New South Wales. — Malva niccensis All., Govern- 



