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Melilotiis ormthoj)odioides Pers., a European clover-like plant 

 which had recently sprung up in several places in the Hay 

 district, N.S.W. Like its congeners, it has a strong perfume 

 due to the presence of coumarin, a chemical principle which per- 

 vades all parts of the plant. Although only of annual duration, 

 it has some value as a forage plant, particularly in late winter, 

 and early spring. 



Mr. Fletcher showed a .series of seedlings of Angophora cordi- 

 folia, exhibiting anomalous cotyledons — polycotyledony, one 

 cotyledon "split," fused cotyledons, and splitting followed by 

 fu.sion. 



