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ORDINARY MONTHLY MEETING. 



April 29th, 1914. 



Mr. C. Hedley, F.L.S., Vice-President, in the Chair. 



The Chairman announced that, under the provisions of Rule 

 xxvi., the Council had elected Messrs. A. H. S. Lucas, M.A., 

 B.Sc, J. R. Garland, M.A., C. Hedley, F.L.S., and W. W. 

 Froggatt, F.L.S., to be Vice Presidents; and Mr. J. H. Campbell 

 [Royal Mint, Macquarie Street] to be Hon. Treasurer, for the 

 Session 1914-15. 



Also, that at the next Meeting, it was proposed to give Mem- 

 bers an opportunity of discussing Mr. Andrews' paper on " The 

 Development of the N.O. Myrtaceae " [Proceedings, 1913, p.529]. 



The Donations and Exchanges received since the previous 

 Monthly Meeting (25th March, 1914), amounting to 10 Vols., 

 75 Parts or Nos., 15 Bulletins, 6 Reports, and 11 Pamphlets, 

 received from 60 Societies, etc., and two Authors, were laid upon 

 the table. 



NOTES AND EXHIBITS. 



The Rev. W. W. Watts submitted specimens of Ophioglossum 

 vulgatum L., preserved in formalin. The specimens were collected 

 near Sydney during April by Mr. Thos. Whitelegge. 0. vulgatum 

 does not occur in Australia in its typical European form; the 

 specimens shown belonged to the varieties costatuvi (R.Br.), col. 

 lected in Nielsen Park, and gramineum Hook., {0. Dietrichice 

 Prantl), also from Nielsen Park, and possibly a third variety 

 {lanceolatum). 



Mr. Fred Turner exhibited and contributed notes on : — Chloris 

 barhata Sw., collected near Kyogle, Upper Richmond River, New 

 South Wales, in 1899. He gave some additional particulars 

 about C. barbata Sw., var. decora (Syn. C. decora Nees), which 

 was first discovered in this State by the exhibitor and recorded 



