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ORDINARY MONTHLY MEETING. 



June 28th, 191fi. 



Mr. C. Hedley, F.L.S., Vice-President, in the Chair. 



The Donations and Exchanges received since the previous 

 Monthly Meeting (31st May, 1916), amounting to 15 Vols., 112 

 Parts or Nos., 61 P>ulletins, 2 Reports, and 8 Pamphlets, re- 

 ceived from 47 Societies, etc., and one private donoi', were laid 

 upon the table. 



NOTES AND EXHIBITS. 



Mr. T. Steel exhibited the femur of an ox showing natural 

 knitting of a very severe sliding fracture, the reunited bone 

 being much shortened and thickened by deposit of fresh bone. 



Mr. Fred Turner exhibited the following indigenous grasses, 

 being portion of a remarkably fine collection made on Kilmorey 

 Station, Maranoa district, Queensland, by Mr. J. B. Thomson, 

 who forwarded them to Messrs. Anderson &. Company, Seedsmen 

 and Plant Merchants, Sydney, with a request that they should 

 be sent to Mr. Turner for accurate botanical determiuation, 

 and for reliable information as to their economic importance: 

 Andropogon erianthoides F.v.M. ; A. intermedius R.Br. ; A. 

 sericeus R Br. ; Anthistiria ciliata Linn. ; Chloris divaricata 

 R.Br. ; Eriochloa pu7ictata Hamilt. ; Panicum decompositum 

 R.Br. ; P. divaricatissirmim R.Br. ; P. flavidum Retz. ; P. 

 leucophceum H.B. et K. ; P. trachyrhachis Benth. ; Pappo]>ho- 

 rum nigricans R.Br. ; Perotis vara R.Br. ; Setaria glauca 

 Beau v.; Triraphis mollis R.Br. Owing to the prolonged and 

 disastrous drought in the northern State, the country where 

 the grasses had been collected was absolutely destitute of pasture- 

 herbage for months until the bountiful rainfall of December 

 last. Since the beginning of this year, the country has made 

 wonderful recovery, and grasses and herbage are now abundant, 

 giving a verdant appearance to innnense tracts of country. The 



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