630 NOTES AND EXHIBITS. 



Mr. Robinson took the eggs of the Plumed Egret so many years 

 af'o, hitherto, I believe the eggs of this species have remained 

 undescribed." 



Mr. Musson sent for exhibition, specimens illustrating two 

 forms of the common "Blackthorn'" {Bursaria sjnnosa Cav.; 

 N.O. PiTTOSPORE^), namely, the common type, more or less 

 thorny or spiny, with small leaves, from poor rocky ground; and 

 a form of more robust growth, without spines, and with large 

 leaves, from rich soil on the Darling Downs, Queensland. 



Mr. R. T. Baker showed specimens of two remarkable plants 

 from New Zealand, commonly known as " Vegetable Sheep," 

 Raoulia exitnia Hook, f., and E. mammiUaris Hook. f. [N.O. 

 CoMPOSiTyEl. They are to be found in the New Zealand Alps, 

 at altitudes varying from 3,000-6,000 feet, where they form 

 hemispherical woolly cushions varying in diameter and height 

 from a few inches to eight feet, and three feet respectively. The 

 largest specimen exhibited measured 2 feet 6 inches diam., and 

 14 inches high. 



Mr. A. G. Hamilton exhibited a number of individual flowers 

 from a Waratah head (Telopea speciosissima Smith) showing an 

 interesting series of gradational abnormalities. The lowest 

 rows comprised normal flowers. The flowers immediately above 

 these were characterised by the presence of a slight groove in 

 the pedicel, corolla and style of each of them. In the flowers of 

 the uppermost rows the groove had deepened, until finally each 

 pedicel and flower had become completely divided, the only 

 junction being at the base of the pedicels. 



