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lu Uie Brewaiiina district souu' years ago, after suinnier raius, twenty-five 

 tliousand acres of land became densely covered with Anisacantha muricata iloq.; 

 where only a few plants of this species had previously been seen. During Mr. 

 Turner's extensive travels over the country he had made a number of similar 

 observations on the indigenous and acclimatised flora, and he purposed publishing 

 these when time permitted. 



Mr. J. L. Froggatt exhil)iled a spc'cimeii of Marlijiiia lulca which has heconie a 

 noxious weed in some country districts owing to the seeds becoming caugiit in the 

 wool, or getting round the hocks of sheep or horses t)r cattle. Men employed 

 in cutting the plants become extremely dizzy in ihe head after working on it for 

 any lengfh of time It is known locally as the "Ram's Horn'' or "Devil's Oriii. ' 

 The specimen came from live miles south of Dalby, (Queensland. 



Mr. Walter W Froggatt exiiibited, and read a note im, thi' identiticatioii nl ihe 

 Thrips damaging the tobacco in the Tamworth District as TItripa striatu-s, the 

 "Grass Thrips" of the United States, not previously recorded from Australia; also 

 other small Hemiptera infesting the leaves. 



Mr. E. ('heel exhibited a leaf and fruits of Pisonia Bruiiotiiana, together with 

 an abstract from a letter received by Mr. Hugh Dixson, of ''Abergeldie," Summer 

 HiU, from Mr. K. E. Shaw, of Austinmer, as follows: — "A young lady was in tlie 

 scrub yesterday, and noticed a little' bird fluttering and bemg held captive, she 

 tbiDking a large spider 'had caught it, but found it hopelessly stuck fast to the 

 leaves of a tree by the gum exuded from the flower seed bud. She did her best 

 to free the little creature, but some of the tail feathers held fast, and it got away, 

 somewhat the worse for the encounter." 



For previous records of this species trapping birds, etc., by the exudation ot 

 a viscid substance on the ribs of the fruits, see these Proceedings, 1915, p. 029. 



