394 NOTES AND EXHIBITS. 



A. buxi/olia A. Cunn., is a shrub of compact habit, and in 

 spring displays a wealth of bloom. 



A. cultri/ormis A. Cunn. — This well-known species has long 

 been an inhabitant of our gardens, where it is justly prized for 

 its remarkably shaped phyl lodes and free-flowering habit. 



A. amhlygona A. Cunn., is a rather remarkable diffuse shrub, 

 with elongated branches, and almost triangular very small 

 phyllodes, which are prominently nerved, the lower nerve being 

 prolonged into a pungent point. 



A. aneura F.v.M. — This shrub or tree is the principal, and 

 often the only species comprising the famous " Mulga " shrubs of 

 the interior. 



B1PINNAT.S:. 



A. spectahilis A. Cunn., is a very beautiful species cultivated 

 in many Australian gardens. It grows into a fair-sized tree, and 

 flowers profusely as a shrub. It is fairly plentiful in many parts 

 of the central division of this State. 



A. polyhotrya Benth. — Many admirers of trees and shrubs 

 regard this species as the most beautiful member of this well 

 represented genus. Its elegant pinnate foliage and free-flowering 

 habit never fail to attract the attention of the most unobservant 

 person. There is a charming variety (foliolosa) of this species, 

 but it is not nearly as common as the typical form. 



A. cardiophylla A. Cunn. — This is another elegant species that 

 is well worth cultivating, both for the sake of its foliage and 

 flowers. It is rather uncommon. 



Mr. A. A. Hamilton exhibited a specimen of Pieris falcata 

 R.Br., showing a bipinnate form under cultivation. Mr. Hamilton 

 pointed out that the plant exhibited and recorded by him at a 

 former Meeting, under the name Cyperus platystylis R.Br. 

 {Proceedings xxvi. 472) was not that species, but C. Icevigatus 

 Linn., a correction for which he was indebted to Mr. Maiden. 



Mr. Waite showed living examples of the Fighting Fish [Betta 

 pugnax Cantor). An account of the breeding habits had been 

 published in the Records of the Australian Museum (v. 293) 



