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seedling resemble those of other Hakeas, being broad and rather 

 wedge-shaped, about | in. long by {\ in. broad. The first leaves 

 to appear are broad Uuear-lanceolate, about l^in. long. A 

 number of these appeared, representing a growth of about 2 

 inches, when they became narrower, and were then succeeded 

 by terete leaves, like those of the adult 1)ut more slendei\ Ocoa- 

 sionally later, some of these became furcate, a condition tJiat was 

 not noted on the adult shrub, though it might have been present 

 occasionally. Still later, a second batch of lanceolate to linear- 

 lanceolate leaves were developed, succeeded again by terete ones. 

 After struggling for about 20 months against the adverse con- 

 ditions of a Sydney soil, the seedling suddenly wilted and died. 

 Other seeds were planted on November 9th, 1916, and one came 

 up on November 24th. This has likewise developed at first 

 narrow-lanceolate leaves, to be succeeded later by terete ones. 

 So far, a second crop of flattened leaves has not developed, but, 

 as their occurrence is probably partly dependent upon conditions 

 of moisture, it may perliaps be expected later. In the Sydney 

 district, there are four common terete-leaved Hakeas, none of 

 which, in the seedling-stage, show any flattening of the initial 

 leaves following the broad cotyledons. It was, therefore, a 

 matter of considerable surprise to find that the seedling-leaves of 

 a terete-leaved Hakea from the dry interior differed from those 

 of similar-leaved Hakeas of the East Coast in being flattened. 

 This occurrence would suggest a closer relationship of H. leucop- 

 tera to the broad-leaved Hakeas than to the terete-leaved Sydney 

 species. 



Dr. J. B. Cleland and Mr. E. Cheel exhibited specimens of 

 the larger fungi collected by the former, at the beginning of 

 April, between Byron Bay and Tweed Heads, in northern New 

 South Wales. Late, heavy, monsoonal rain fell during the early 

 part of the trip, causing a number of species of Lepiotes to 

 flourish. Lepiota do/icf atda, which has appeared in the Sydney 

 district for the last two years, was abundant throughout the area 

 visited, viz., Byron Bay to Murwillumbah, and thence to Tweed 

 Heads, and for some distance north into Queensland. The caps 



