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variability in shape, and in the length of their spiny appendages; 

 also an example of Notelcea ovata R.Br.,[N.O. Jasmine^e] exhibit- 

 ing polyphylly, apparently due rather to multiplication, than to 

 division of one or more ordinary leaves. 



Mr. A. G. Hamilton exhibited five specimens of "Vegetable 

 Caterpillars," Cordyceps Gumiii, collected near Albury, by the 

 District Forest Ranger. The catei'pillais concerned probably 

 belong to the Hejnaliikf. They burrow in the soil, and line the 

 tubes with web. One of the specimens is surrounded by the 

 silken tube. The type of the species showed no stipes to the 

 fructification; but it is more usual to find a stipes varying in 

 thickness. The specimens shown included both forms. 



