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urban districts. He suggested tliat they were two distinct 

 species, or it may be that one or othei- of tiie forms is heterozy- 

 gous, Botli are easily distinguished from the "Canadian Flea- 

 bane" {E. canadensis Linn.) found at Cronulla, but comparatively 

 rare in this State; as well as from E. honariensis, recently 

 brought under notice by Mr. A. A. Hamilton, which is fairly 

 common in New South Wales. — Also a series of seeds of "Soy 

 Beans" {Glycine hispida), which originated from a form known 

 in the trade as " Ebony Soy." The mother-plant " Ebony Soy," 

 is a black-seeded form, which had been cultivated for four years, 

 and had bred true. In the tifth year, one of the plants gave 

 seeds of a greenish-yellow colour and distinctly green seeds in 

 the same pods. This was distinguished under the name "Aus- 

 tralia." When seeds of "Australia" were sown, the resultant 

 Fj plants gave seeds of the following colours : — (1 ) Plants with 

 light brown pods, and seeds similar to those of the parent. (2) 

 Plants with dark brown pods, and seeds similar to those of the 

 parent. (3) Plants with dark pods, and black seeds. (4) Plants 

 with ginger-coloured pods, and brown seeds, (a) Plants with 

 brown pods, and dark brown seeds. When samples of the above 

 were sown, the resultant plants (F.^) gave the following results. 

 No.l gave plants yielding greenish-yellow, black, brown, and 

 green seeds similar to those of "Australia." The seeds of No. 2 

 were similar to those of No.l. No. 3 produced plants yielding 

 some brown seeds, and others with black seeds, the pods and 

 seeds in both instances varying in colour and in the shape of the 

 seeds of different plants. No. 4 gave plants yielding all brown 

 seeds. No. 5 produced results similar to No. 4. Some distinctly 

 green seeds were separated from No. 1 , and sown separately, and 

 these yielded distinctly green-coloured seeds. The behaviour of 

 these plants is very similar to that noted in certain " French 

 Beans " (PAft.s'eo^ws vidgaris), recorded in these Proceedings 1914, 

 xxxix., p.l60; and 1916, xli., p.l92. 



Dr. A. J. Turner exhibited a collection of J^epidoptera made 

 on the journey across Canada, on his way back to Australia 

 from Enijfland. 



