476 NOTES AND EXHIBITS. 



Mr. D. G. Stead exhibited a specimen and described the 

 effluvium-producing powers of the so called " Stink-Fish," Calli- 

 onymus ctirvicornis, C. & V., from Port Jackson ; he also showed 

 an undetermined snake which was found coiled up in a bunch of 

 bananas imported from Fiji. 



Mr. Waterhouse, on the invitation of the President, gave some 

 particulars of a movement now on foot, having for its object the 

 establishment of a local Field Naturalists' Club. Messrs. Stead, 

 Lucas and Baker spoke in support of the movement. 



Mr. Baker exhibited a model of the meteorite found at Bugaldi, 

 near Coonabarabran, N.S.W., and recently described by him. 



Mr. Hedley showed an effective French example of the appli- 

 cation of the three-colour process to the illustration of conchological 

 subjects. 



Mr. Fred. Turner exhibited the Australian plant Desmodium 

 parvifolium, DC, which has become acclimatised at Bau, in Fiji. 

 Mr. R. L. Holmes, in forwarding the specimen exhibited for 

 identification, says : — The trefoil appeared here some years ago, but 

 whence I cannot say, and has spread greatly during the past wet 

 season. It is splendid feed for stock; and cattle, sheep and horses 

 eat it greedily. On dry, poor soils it dies off in the dry season, 

 but on good moist soil, especially if shaded a little, it grows 

 vigorously most of the year. It forms a beautiful dense sward, 

 but over tops of grasses and small plants sending out runners for 

 yards sometimes. I look upon it as a great acquisition to the 

 pasture." 



The Acting-Director of the Botanical Gardens, on behalf of 

 Mr. J. H. Maiden, exhibited two interesting and showy plants in 

 flower — Massonia puslidata, Jacq., from South Africa, and Till- 

 andsia Lindeni, Regel, from Peru. 



