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N.S.W. This West Australian, European, and Asiatic grass 

 appears to have established itself on the east coast, but there is 

 no information to hand as to its value locally as stock-feed. In 

 West Australia, pastoralists regard it as a valuable forage-grass. 

 (2) Isachne australis R.Br. This species was collected on the 

 Island of Singapore, and was brought by Mr. Neville for accu- 

 rate determination. Although it is indigenous to Australia, 

 Bentham(Flora Austr. vii., p. 625) says it occurs "also in Tropical 

 Asia from Ceylon and the Peninsula to the Malayan Archipelago 

 and South China." Isachne australis is figured and described in 

 Turner's "Australian Grasses "(Vol. i., p. 31) (3) Panicum pli- 

 catum Lam., from near the Tweed Heads, N.S.W. This orna- 

 mental grass is indigenous to the Antilles, West Indies, but has 

 long been growing in some Australian gardens. The specimens 

 shown were evidently escapees from cultivation. There is a very 

 beautifully variegated form of this species grown under the name 

 of P. plicatum var. niveo-vittatum. 



Mr. W. S. Dun exhibited, on behalf of the Department of 

 Mines, a photograph of a slab of shale from the South Bulli 

 Colliery, showing very clear Reptilian footprints. The shale 

 forms the roof of the Upper or Bulli Seam. The footprints are 

 practically identical with those described from the Upper Coal- 

 Measures and Permian of the South of England, and Germany, 

 as Ichnium gampsodactylum. The specimens were collected by 

 Mr. A. E. O. Sellors, Superintendent of the mine. Many more 

 are to be seen in the roof of the drive. 



On behalf of Mrs. Masters, the Secretary asked the Society's 

 acceptance of an enlarged photographic portrait, an excellent 

 likeness,. of the late Mr. George Masters, for many years Curator 

 of the Macleay Museum, and an Original Member of the Society. 

 The President gave expression to the pleasure which this addi- 

 tion to the Society's series of portraits of pioneers in science and 

 old Members of the Society, afforded; and the Secretary was 

 asked to convey to Mrs. Masters an appreciation of her kindness, 

 and best thanks. 



