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NOTES AND EXHIBITS. 



Mr. D. G. Stead exhibited a beautiful preparation of coral 

 polyps collected at Shark Island, Port Jackson. Also some 

 aboriginal relics which he had discovered in December last, buried 

 in a cave at the top of a midden on the shores of Port Hacking. 



Dr. C. MacLaurin exhibited a specimen of a " vegetable 

 caterpillar " (Cordycejjs) from New Zealand. 



Mr. A- A. Hamilton exhibited botanical specimens of interest 

 for the identification of which he was indebted to J. H. Maiden, 

 Esq., F.L.S., as follows : — 



BcEckea caynpho^'cita, R.Rr. — Blackheath (A. A. Hamilton, 

 October, 1900). Described in the Flora Australiensis as having 

 fifteen stamens or more. The specimens exhibited were collected 

 from Medlow to Mt. Victoria, and have only five stamens. 



Erechtites Atkinsoiiice, F.v.M. — Bulli Pass (A. A. Hamilton, 

 Februar}^, 1900). The localities previously recorded are Grose 

 River (R.Br.) and Blue Mountains (Miss Atkinson) [Flora Aus- 

 traliensis] ; and Blue Mountains to Queensland [Handbook of the 

 Flora of N.S.W.]. This exhibit establishes a southerly locality. 



PultencEa mucronata, F.v.M. — Blackheath (A. A. Hamilton, 

 October, 1900). Localities previously recorded, Victoria and 

 South Australia [Flora Australiensis]; Southern Dividing Range 

 [Handbook of the Flora of N.S.W.]. Specimens of this plant in 

 the Sydney Herbarium are from Kiandra, and Mr. Forsj^th has 

 recently collected it near Tumberumba. 



Caladenia filamentosa, R.Br. — Manly (E. Cheel & A. A. 

 Hamilton). Localities previously recorded, Mudgee (Woolls) 

 [Flora Australiensis] ; west of Dividing Range, from Warrah to 

 Boorowa [Handbook of the Flora of N.S.W.} 

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