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is uot a Paniciim at all, hu.t Audropoc/oii Ilalepcnsis (Sibthorp), oi* 

 Sorr/Jtum Salepense (Pers.). The grass was figured and described 

 as P. spectahile some time back in the " Sydney Illustrated JSTews." 

 But its long roots, a yard in length, and as thick as a little finger, 

 together with the white midrib mark it as Andropogon Halepensis. 

 Mr. Bentham seems to doubt Avhether it is really indigenous. I 

 have found it in an orchard at Parramatta, but believe it to have 

 been introduced from the north. Baron Mueller speaks highly 

 of it as a forage plant, but recommends that it should be kept 

 out of arable land. It is quoted as indigenous in the catalogue 

 of Queensland grasses compiled for the International Exhibition 

 of 1879, but the appropriation is doubtful. 



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WEDNESDAY, 27Tn SEPTEMBEE, 1882. 



The President J. C. Cox, M.D., F.L.S., &c., in the Chair. 



DOIS'ATIONS. 



It was announced that the List of Donations received during 

 the month, as well as the Donations themselves, had been lost in 

 the fire at the Grarden Palace. 



PAPERS EEAD. 



On Myoporum platycarpum, a resix PRonrciNG teee of the 

 Intekioe of j^ew South Wales. 



By K. H. Bennett, Esqr. 



This tree known to Bushmen by the name of Sandalwood is 

 widely distributed over the Western portions of i^ew South 

 Wales, being found more or less throughout the Country from 

 the Murray below Moama to Wilcannia on the Darling. It is 

 also found in considerable quantities in some parts of South 

 Australia. It is very plentiful in a strip of arid country situated 



