Field Naturalists' Club — Proceedings. [^ 



Vict. Nat. 

 ol. XXXVI 



REMARKS 0\ EXHIBITS. 



Mr. H. B. Williamson called attention to a number of speci- 

 mens of the luminous fungus, Pleurotus candescens, collected at 

 Clayton, and exhibited their phosphorescent character by 

 affixing them to the blackboard and then turning off the lights 

 for a short time. 



DISCUSSION ON PAPER. 



The chairman said that the discussion on ^Ir. Barnard's 

 paper on Western Austraha, postponed from last meeting, 

 would then be taken. 



Mr. H. B. Williamson asked for information re the Sandal- 

 wood, which had not been mentioned in the paper. Mr. 

 Barnard said that he had not met with the tree in the parts 

 he had visited, and believed it had a more northerly habitat. 

 Mr. Anthony asked if there was any reason for the paucity of 

 species of ferns recorded for Western Australia. Mr. Barnard 

 said that he could not understand wiiy ferns were not more 

 numerous in the south-west, seeing that the average rainfall 

 was as large as that of the fern gullies of Victoria. Mr. Best 

 asked if there was any accommodation for travellers between 

 Port Augusta and Kalgoorlie. The author replied that Tarcoola 

 seemed to be the only place where there were other houses 

 than those of the railway employes. 



PAPER READ. 



By Mr. H. B. Williamson, entitled " Notes on the Census of 

 Victorian Plants." 



The author remarked that for some time he had ])een of 

 opinion that a number of plants listed in the " Key to the 

 System of Victorian Plants " had not been collected in Victoria, 

 and said that recently he had been given the opportunity of 

 examining certain species at the National Herbarium, which 

 had convinced him that a number of plants were regarded as 

 Victorian on insuffi.cient data, arising mainly from indefiniteness 

 in recording the localit}' where found. He furnished lists of 

 about 1 80 species regarding which he considered further 

 information should be sought, and, if possible, undoubted 

 Victorian specimens collected. 



Mr. J. Shephard emphasized the author's remarks regarding 

 the correct naming ot specimens exhibited or mentioned in 

 reports of Club excursions. 



Mr. E. E. Pescott, F.L.S., said that he thought deletions 

 from the list should be made with great caution. 



Mr. F. Pitcher, as a member of the Plant Names Committee, 

 considered that the paper would prove very useful to the 



