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NOTES AND EXHIBITS. 



The Hon. James Norton exhibited a remarkable fungus growing 

 on the branch of a Syncarpia ; also flowering specimens of the 

 common Bamboo, gathered from a tree in Hyde Park. 



Mr. Palmer exhibited two " letter-sticks " obtained from the 

 Aborigines of the Gascoigne River district, where, as in other 

 parts of Australia, they are used for inter-tribal communication. 



Dr. Haswell exhibited a series of preparations illustrating the 

 embryology of birds. 



Dr. Katz exhibited, in connection with his paper, pure cultures 

 of the pigment-producing micrococcus described. He took occasion 

 to point out one characteristic feature in these cultures, viz., their 

 exclusively aerophile nature. He also exhibited under the micro- 

 scope a few slides of the tissue-sections mentioned. 



Mr. Macleay exhibited a specimen of EryiJiriclitliys nitidus of 

 Richardson, described in the ' Voyage of the Erebus and Terror,' 

 from West Australia. He had received the fish from Mr. Morton 

 of the Hobart Museum. It had been captured on the South Coast 

 of Tasmania. 



Mr. Fletcher exhibited for Baron von Mueller, F.R.S., &c., a 



drawing of an aquatic plant, Aldrovanda vesicidosa, Linn., and 



in I'eference to it stated that the Baron wished to call the 



attention of the members of this Society to the desirability of 



keeping a look-out for this plant, which the late Mr. P. O'Shanesy, 



F.L.S., 'found some years ago in a lagoon near Rockhampton, and 



which my be looked for in N.S.W. among water-plants such 



as Uti'icularia flexuosa. Though rendered known as a South 



European plant so long ago as 1747, the fruit of Aldrovanda 



vesicidosa is still unknown. The Baron would also be glad if 



members would try to discover the fruits of the native species of 



Lemna. 



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