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water alga from Lake Colac ; Entomorpha intestinalis, an alga 

 from Lake Corangamite. 



By Mr. R. E. Luher, B. A. — Fossil leaf impressions of. Laurus 

 werriheensis , M'Coy, and Cinnamomum polymorphoides, M'Coy, 

 in Cainozoic ironstone, Korkuperrimul Creek, Bacchus Marsh ; 

 fossil frond impressions of Gangamopteris spatulata, M'Coy, 

 and Taeniopteris, sp., from Permo-Carboniferous beds of Bald 

 Hill, Bacchus Marsh ; also glaciated stones, all collected at 

 excursion on 23rd March, igi8. 



By Mr. F. Pitcher. — Flowering branches of Acacia discolor, 

 Willd., Sunshine Wattle, from Melbourne Botanic Gardens. 



By Mr. P. R. H. St. John, on behalf of Director of Melbourne 

 Botanic Gardens. — Flowering branches of Hoheria populnea, 

 A. Cunn., " Hohere," N.O. Malvaceae, native of New Zealand, 

 grown at Melbourne Botanic Gardens. 



By Mr. J. Searle. — Micro-crustacea under microscope, col- 

 lected during Corangamite excursion, Easter, 1918 ; also salt 

 from Lake Beeac. 



By Mr. J. Shephard. — Plankton gatherings from Lakes Colac 

 and Corangamite ; rotifer, Pedalion, sp. (under microscope), 

 from Lake Corangamite ; map of parts visited, compiled by 

 Mr. A. D. Hardy, F.L.S., and photographs in illustration of 

 excursion report. 



By Miss A. H. Skinner. — Flowers of Banksia serrata. 



By Mr. H. B. Williamson. — Robust specimen of Hymen- 

 anthera Banksii, F. v. M., Tree Violet, with photograph of bush, 

 illustrating the tendency of plants to arm themselves as a 

 defence against grazing animals. 



After the usual conversazione the meeting terminated. 



Shower of Fish. — In the Argus " Nature Notes " of 26th ult., 

 Mr. J. V. Mack, of Berrybank, Lismore, confirms a statement 

 made in a previous issue as to a shower of fish during a rain storm 

 near Cressy. Mr. Mack says : — " In 1879 one of my men was 

 collecting odd fence-posts in that district, and came home with 

 his pockets filled with the ordinary creek minnows, about three 

 inches in length. He told me he had tilted the dray during an 

 awful storm, and afterwards found the fish. I rode out in the 

 afternoon, and saw that the storm area was only about 100 yards 

 wide and half a mile long. The crab-holes were then half- full of 

 water, while the rest of the plain was quite dry. There were 

 thousands of minnows in the pools, and no other surface water of 

 any kind within three miles." This statement seems to be a 

 clear confirmation of the belief that frogs, fish, &c., can be trans- 

 ported from place to place by the action of wind and rain in the 

 form of a so-called waterspout ; in this case minnows were plenti- 

 ful in streams, at no great distance, running into Lake Coran- 

 gamite, 



