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a matter that lias not been overlooked, but, at present, the records 

 available are incomplete. 



Mr. J. H. Campbell, Hon. Treasurer, said that, as tlie only 

 way open to the Society in its corporate capacity, to help the 

 cause of the Allies, it had subscribed to all the War Loans, the 

 total amount beins: £37,000. 



The President reminded Candidates for four Linnean Macleay 

 Fellowships, 1919-20, that the 30th inst. was the last day on 

 which applications would be received. 



The Donations and Exchanges received since the previous 

 Monthly Meeting (October 30th, 1918), amounting to 3 Vols., 

 38 Parts or Nos., 7 Bulletins, 1 Rt^port, and i Pamphlets, received 

 from 33 Societies, etc., and one private donor, were laid upon the 

 table. 



NOTES AMD EXHIBITS. 



Mr. Fred Turner exhibited a teratological specimen of the 

 European Plantago lanceolata Linn., from Chatswood, in which 

 all the spikes or heads had developed a number of secondary 

 spikes, in a way that he had not previously observed in this 

 species in Australia. 



Mr. E. Cheel exhibited a species of Callisf*'inon pachyphylhi.^ 

 showing the delayed dehiscence of the fruits, corresponding, to a 

 certain extent, to those of C. rigidus described by Professor A. 

 J. Ewart (Annals of Botany, xxi., p. 135, 1907). The specimen 

 exhibited was taken from a plant cultivated at Ashfield, and is 

 7 feet long. It was originally raised from seed collected at 

 Bullahdelah, in August, 1911. The seed was sown on 29th 

 October, 1912, germinated on 6th November, 1912, and the plant 

 flowered for the first time in October, 1914, but no fruits were 

 set. In October, 1915, it flowered for the second time, and 

 several fruits set; these, in October, 1918, were apparently fully 

 developed, and measured 5 mm. in diameter. In October, 1916, 

 the plant flowered for the third time, and again in April of the 

 same year; the individual fruits of both of these clusters measure 



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