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OEDINARY MONTHLY MEETING. 



October SOth, 1918. 



Professor H. G. Chapman, M.D., B.S., President, in the Chair. 



The President announced that the Council was prepared to 

 receive appHcations for four Linnean Macleay Fellowships, 

 tenable for one year from April 1st, 1819, from qualified Candi- 

 dates. Applications should be lodged with the Secretary, who 

 would afford all necessary information to intending Candidates, 

 not later tlian 30th November, 1918. 



The Donations and Exchanges received since the previous 

 Monthly Meeting (25th September, 1918), amounting to 3 Yols., 

 50 Parts or Nos., 11 Bulletins, 1 Report, 5 Pamphlets, and 1 Map, 

 received. from 43 Societies, etc., were laid upon the table 



NOTES AND EXHIBITS. 



Mr. Fred Turner exliibited a specimen of a very rare plant, 

 IWichi Ilium corymhosum Gaud., var. parvijiora Benth., from near 

 Barringun, the only specimen he had seen in New South AA^ales. 



Mr. Froggatt showed specimens of an Indian wood-borer 

 [BostrychuH cequalis Jud.) introduced in the wood of boxes con- 

 taining helmets; and likely to cause trouble unless looked after. 



Mr. E. Cheel exhibited specimens of two distinct forms of 

 plants commonly known as "Cobblers' Pegs'' {Frig e7'on linifolius 

 Willd.) showing the following characters :— (a) Plants with 

 lacinated, basal leaves, and narrow, linear, upper leaves; and with 

 comparatively small Howers; the commonest form, (h) Plants 

 with very large, basal leaves, more or less serrated or toothed; 

 and with much larger fiower-heads than in (a). The two forms 

 had been noted for the past five years in gardens, and on vacant 

 land at Wynyard Square and other places in the city and sub- 



