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to make an exhaustive inquiry into the penguin-oil industry, 

 and it was opportune that Mr. Hatch should have happened 

 to be in Melbourne at the present time in order to give his 

 version of the question. He hoped Mr. Hatch's offer to convey 

 an expert to and from the island free of cost would be taken 

 up, and the question settled. He would be pleased to accept 

 the responsibility of the investigation. 



On being put to the meeting, the motion was carried un- 

 animously. 



EXHIBITS. 



By Mrs. Edmondson. — Fresh specimens of a Pimelea from 

 Western Australia, known as " Ouaylup Bells," from the 

 locahty whence obtained (Quaylup, near Jeeramungup, 60 miles 

 east of Broome Hill). 



By Mr. C. J. Gabriel.— Four species of Australian Trigonia 

 shells (marine) — viz., Trigonia lamarckii, Gray, N.S.W. ; T. 

 strangei, Dodd, N.S.W. ; T. margaritacea, Lam., Victoria'; T. 

 margaritacea, Lam., var. hednalli, Verso, South Australia, with 

 a fossil species, T. howitti, M'Coy, from Jimmy's Point, Gipps- 

 land Lakes, for comparison. 



By Mr. F. Keep. — Flower of Eucalyptus pyriformis, a Western 

 Australian species, grown at Balwyn. 



By Mr. P. R. H. St. John.— Flowers of Indian Coral Tree, 

 Erythrina indica, grown at Botanic Gardens— an unusual 

 flowering time, seeing that it is a tropical shrub ; crude oil of 

 Eucalyptus punctata, De C, Coast Grey Gum, New South Wales 

 and Queensland, distilled at Melbourne Botanic Gardens, 22nd 

 June, 1918. 



After the usual conversazione the meeting terminated. 



NOTES ON THE CHARACTERISTIC VEGETATION 



ABOUT YARRAM. 



By J. W. AuDAS, F.L.S., F.R.M.S., National Herbarium, Mel- 

 bourne. 

 {Read before the Field Naturalists' Club oj Victoria, %th April, 191 8.) 

 As nothing has yet been presented to this Club on the plants 

 of the Yarram district, the following brief sketch will, I trust, 

 prove interesting to many who dehght in the wild-flowers' 

 of our State. For the benefit of such enthusiasts, who are 

 unable to get so far afield, and who are desirous of learning 

 something of the botany of the locality, I have prepared a few 

 notes on certain characteristic plants which may be of interest 

 to members. Yarram, it may be stated, is situated near the 

 extremity of the South-Eastern line, about 136 miles from 

 Melbourne, and some ten miles from the shores of Corner Inlet. 



