762 NOTES AND EXHIBITS. 



Linden & Hudre) from Tropical America; and Cyrtanthus parvi- 

 jlorus, Hort., probably a form of Cyrtanthus collinus, Burchell, 

 from S. Africa. 



Mr. Palmer showed the stem of a sapling Eucalypt completely 

 eaten through by borers. Also, from Port Mackay, examples of 

 aboriginal work in the shape of a knitted scarf and various head 

 dresses. 



Mr. Musson sent for exhibition flowering stalks of Acacia 

 Baileyana, F.v.M., from Richmond, which this year produced no 

 fruit. The failure to produce fruit may have been due to the 

 severe frosts which prevailed in the month of August, or perhaps 

 also the pollinating agents were at fault. 



Mr. Trebeck exhibited a branch of Opuntia coccinellij'era, a 

 prickly-pear without prickles, which he thought would make an 

 excellent forage plant in the very dry districts of Western 

 Queensland during severe droughts. Also a specimen of a nearly 

 mature borer, Phoracantha sp., one of the longicorn beetles, in 

 situ in a piece of Eucalypt timber. 





