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ORDINARY MONTHLY MEETING. 



July 26th, 1916. 



Mr. A. G. Hamilton, President, in the Chair. 



Miss M. Hinder, B.Sc, Mosman; Miss E. M. Hindmarsh, 

 B.Sc, Sydney; Miss E. C. Pinkerton, B.Sc, Ashfield; Miss M. 

 RosEBY, B.A., Neutral Bay; and Mr. C. E. Tilley, B.Sc, Syd- 

 ney, were elected Members of the Society. 



The President announced — That the Council had decided to 

 suspend the publication of the Abstract of Proceedings while the 

 prevailing conditions of shortage and increased cost of paper 

 continue. Also that Members were requested to curtail the 

 notices of their exhibits, and to omit details not directly bearing 

 on the scientific significance of the objects exhibited. 



The Donations and Exchanges received since the previj^us 

 Monthly Meeting (28th June, 1916), amounting to 5 Vols., 70 

 Parts or Nos., 7 Bulletins, 3 Reports, and 21 Pamphlets, re- 

 ceived from 43 Societies, etc., and three private donors, were laid 

 upon the table 



NOTES AND EXHIBITS. 



Mr. E. Cheel exhibited, on behalf of Mr. Hugh Dixson, fresh 

 flowering-specimens of Kennedya nigricans Lindl., and K. 

 Stirlingii Lindl., two West Australian species in cultivation at 

 "Abergeldie/' Summer Hill. Mr. Dixson reports that both 

 species are in a healthy condition; but although K. nigricans is 

 an old plant, it does not mature its seed; while A'. Stirlingii 

 seeds freely. 



Mr. A. A. Hamilton showed a series of the fruits of Tribulus 

 ■terestris Linn., ("Caltrops") [ZYGOPHYLLEiE] exhibiting much 



