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ORDINARY MONTHLY MEETING. 



May 31st, 1916. 



Mi\ A. G. Hamilton, President, in the Chair. 



Miss Vera Irwin Smith, B.8c., Woolwich, Pavraniatta River, 

 was elected an Ordinary Member of the Society. 



The President aTinounced that, in consequence of the limita 

 tions of paper-supply, and the increased cost of what is available, 

 due to war-conditions, it had become necessary to consider the 

 question of economising space in the matter of printing. Follow- 

 ing the example of British Journals, &c., therefore, the Council 

 appeals to Members wiio propose to offer Papers to the Society, 

 to condense them, and to limit them as far as possible to the 

 description of new results. [Vidp "Nature," March 23rd, 1916, 

 p.85; British Medical Journal, Api'il 1st, 1916, p.496;and recent 

 Nos. of the Abstract of Proceedings of the Zoological Society of 

 London]. 



The Donations and Exchanges received since the previous 

 Monthly Meeting (26th April, 1916), amounting to 9 Vols., 57 

 Parts or Nos., 11 Bulletins, 1 Report, and 14 Pamphlets, re- 

 ceived from 40 Societies, etc., and three private donors, were laid 

 upon the table. 



NOTES AND EXHIBITS. 



Mr. Fred Turner exhibited specimens of, and offered observa- 

 tions on: — (X) Polygonum orientaJp JAww., var. pUosum Meissn., 

 Syn. P. pilosnm Pvoxb., collected by Mr. K. M. Niall, Buckiin- 

 guy Station, Nyngan district, on the Macquarie Marshes, Mac- 

 quarie River, N.S.W., which is another westeni locality for this 

 interesting species. — (2) Leptospermnin scoparinm Forst., a form 

 with bright pink flowers, collected at Midtlle Harbour b}' Miss A. 

 Gowland, who described the shrub as being " like a peach tree in 

 full bloom, and a most attractive sight." — (3) Phytolacca octandra 



