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PBOCEEDraOS OF THE 



Madagascar belonging to the genus Epicauta, allied to E. rufi- 

 collis, and brought to this country by Dr. Parker, Physician to 

 the Queen of" Madagascar. He also drew attention to specimens 

 of Cinchona-bark cultivated in Bolivia, belonging to the verde2iu& 

 vwrailit varieties ot" Calisaya, not hitherto cultivated in our colo- 

 nies, but deserving of attention on account of their large yield of 

 bark and good percentage of quinine ; for which reasons the Boli- 

 vian planters prefer tliem to Cinchona Ledr/eriana. 



Mr. J. E. Jackson showed a native Australian Pituri-bag. 

 Formerly the leaf of the plant only was known ; but Baron F. v. 

 Mueller has lately shown that it is derived from Duhoisia Hop- 

 woodii. 



The following papers were read : — 



1. "Note on the Medical Use oi Melaleuca uncinata, R. Br." 

 By J. a. Otto Tepper, F.L.S. 



" In the ' Proceedings of the Eoyal Soc. of S. Australia ' (vol. iii. 

 p. 175, 1879-80) I drew attention to the curative properties of 

 the above plant, and have since then used it exclusively myself in 

 all cases of colds, cough, and sore throat arising from cold or con- 

 tinued speaking, with the best effects ; so that I hardly know now 

 what it is to be troubled by the above complaints. 



" The wife of one of the residents some months ago was so seriously 

 aflBicted by catarrh and bronchitis, that her life was pronounced 

 in danger by the medical adviser of the family. I asked the man 

 to try the above plant, which grows plentifully about here, as it 

 could do no harm. Early next morning he procured a sprig, and in 

 a day or two the patient was out of danger. My children likewise 

 use it with the same good result ; and so do many people here 

 about. The way it is applied is to masticate a few fresh or dried 

 leaves, swallow the expressed sap with the saliva at convenient 

 intervals ; and the complaint disappears in a day or two quite 

 imperceptibly, and without the slightest inconvenience. The 

 taste of the leaves is aromatic, but not nearly so unpleasant as 

 those of the other indigenous species, or of the various Eucalypts." 

 (Accompanying were a few branches for experiment.) 



2. " Eemarks on Elephant Flukes." By Major-General Benson, 

 F.L.S. 



(The author referred to Dr. Cobbold's use of the term Fasciola 

 Jacksoni, whilst he himself had described the flukes in the ' Ran- 

 goon Times ' in 18G7. Dr. Cobbold explained that initials only 

 had been appended to the article referred to, in which the Ele- 

 phant mortality was first correctly referred to these parasites ; 

 but the w orm was first discovered by J. B. S. Jackson twenty years 

 before the llangooii letter, viz. in 1847.) 



3. " Botanical Sketch in connexion with the Geological Fea- 

 tures of New South Wales." By Robert D. Fitzgerald, F.L.S. 



4. " Observations on Animal Intelligence." By J. Gr. Otto 

 Tepper, F.L.S. 



