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accompanied by sketches, from Baron von Mueller, on the subject 

 of Boronia floribnnda I'eferred to in a Note read at the last 

 Meeting. The letters were expressive of the pleasure with which 

 the Baron had seen for the first time specimens of the Boronia 

 in question. These were obtained bj' Miss King from the 

 Hawkesbury during last month, and forwarded to Melbourne. 

 The species was described by Sprengel in 1827, from specimens 

 obtained by Sieber in 1823, somewhere in the neighbourhood of 

 Sydney or on the Blue "Mountains. By Mr. Bentham it was con- 

 sidered to be a dimorphic form of //. pinnata, but by Prof. Urban 

 of Berlin it has been restored to independent sjDecific rank. As 

 compared with B pinnata its chief distinguishing characters are 

 that four of the eight stamens are shorter and have smaller 

 anthers, the style is short, and the stigma lai'ge and globular. 

 The wish was also expressed by the Baron that as the characters 

 of the fruit ai-e yet unrecorded, an effort might be made during 

 the present season to obtain them for compai-ison with those of B. 

 jnnnata. 



Mr. Fletcher exhibited a series of water-colour drawings of 

 Australian animals, of great intrinsic merit as well as of historical 

 interest. They were the artistic work of Dr. J. Stuart, an army 

 surgeon, who from time to time for some 3'ears (circa 1834-37 or 

 even later) undertook the duties of Medical Officer at the 

 Quarantine Station, Port Jackson. They are referred to in one 

 of his papers (Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. viii. 1842, p. 2i2) by the 

 late Mr. W. S. Macleay, into whose possession they subsequently 

 passed. Eventually the}- came to Sir AVilliam Macleay, who 

 handed them OA'er to the Society. 



