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seeds found mixed with some " Mauritius Beans " {Stizolohium 

 aterrinmm Piper and Tracy) forwarded to the Director of the 

 Sydney Botanic Gardens, from the Macknade Mill, Herbert River, 

 North Queensland. The plants grew to a height of from 4-7 feet, 

 and were very showy; but were killed off by the frosts of last 

 May, before setting seed. Mr. Cheel showed also specimens and 

 seeds of six other species of Stizolobktm — -S'. hasjoo Piper & 

 Tracy (Yokohama Bean), S. Deeringianuvi Bort. (Florida Velvet 

 Bean), .S'. w/i/e (Wall), »S'. capitatm n (Roxh.) 'Kwuize^ S. niveum 

 (Roxb.) Kuntze (Lyon Bean), and *S'. pachylohwm Piper & Tracy 

 (Fleshy-pod Bean) — all from plants grown at Penshurst, from 

 seeds supplied to the Director of the Botanic Gardens, Sydney, 

 by Mr. F. C. Piper, of the United States, who has published a 

 very important paper on the group. 



Mr. Cheel likewise exhibited an original specimen of Persuonia 

 media R.Br., from the National Herbarium, Sydney, collected 

 by Dr. Beckler, on the Hastings River, as recorded by Bentham 

 in the Flora Aust., for comparison with the specimens from the 

 Blue Mountains shown by Mr. Fletcher at the previous meeting. 



Ml'. Fletcher remarked that, on referring to the Supplement to 

 the Prodromus(p.l6) he had found that the type-specimens of 

 Persoonia media R.Br., were collected by Fraser on the Blue 

 Momitains in 1818, "Loc. Ora orient., mont. prope Port Jackson, 

 1818. D. Fraser." Mr. Bentham, however, apparently inadver- 

 tently, omitted to mention the type-locality in the Flora Aust., 

 and this had dropped out of notice. As the specimens from the 

 Blue Mountains, so far as seen, had the ovary glabrous, whereas 

 in those from the Nortliern Rivers in the National Herbarium 

 examined by Mr. Cheel the ovary was hirsute, it was a matter 

 for investigation whether- the difference in the chai'acter of the 

 ovarv was not something more than a casual variation, and also 

 \\'hether Mr. Bentham had not incorrectly assigned the Northern 

 River and Queensland specimens to P. media R.Br. 



Mr. Froggatt showed a number of pear-shaped and of round, 

 earthern egg-cases of Scarabeid Beetles, from Rockhampton, 

 Queensland, found under logs, the smaller, globular cases being 

 those of Cephalodesmiis sp. 



