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with a basal width t)£ 4-6 mm., tu 5 cm. long and 15 mm. wide at 

 the base. — (3) Danvinia taxifol'm A. Cinni., two examples show- 

 ing variation in foliage and habit due to environment. A .speci- 

 men from Cowan (A. A. Hamilton; May, 1915), from a .sand- 

 stone-hillside, has comparatively luxuriant foliage, and is a much 

 more robust plant (3-5 feet) than that from the Centennial Pai-k 

 (W. Forsyth; October, 1896), which grew in a swampy environ- 

 ment and has the crowded, narrow leaves clustered at the top of 

 the otherwi.se bare branches, typical of the swamp-xerophyte. 



Mr. North, by .sanction of the Curator of the Australian 

 Museum, exhibited a specimen of an adult male of the Superb 

 Fruit Pigeon, Ffilopus superbus Temm., received from Mr. Percy 

 K. Gorrick, of Wickhani, through Mr. Julian Windeyer,of New- 

 castle. It was obtained at Wollomombi, 394 miles north of 

 Sydne}'. Mr. Nox'th stated that although this species was fairly 

 common in the coastal districts of North-eastern Queensland, it 

 is extremely rare in New South Wales, only three specimen.s in 

 the ilesh, procured in this State, having come officially under his 

 notice during the last thii'ty years. The bird was a beautiful 

 specimen, being plump and in fine condition, the mouth and 

 crop being absolutely crammed with the berries of a Lily-pilly. 

 Two other specimens of this pigeon, procured at North Shore, in 

 1876, are in the Museum. 



Mr. A. G. Hamilton exhibited a coloured drawing of an 

 undetermined orchid, now flowering in the bush-house of a friend 

 at Noi'th Sydney, allied to Dendrobium fptragonum A. Cuiui., 

 but with the thickened portion of the stem longer and larger 

 and the flowers somewhat differently marked. 



Mr. Allan R. McCulloch showed an attractive .series of lantern- 

 slides illustrative of the fauna associated with Australian Man- 

 groves. Mr. R. T. Baker followed with a complementary set 

 illustrating the characteristic botanical features of the Mangrove- 

 association. 



