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THE VICTORIAN NATURALIST. 



Pterostylis — continued. 

 longifolia 



Mackibbini 

 Cryptostylis 



reniformis 

 Eriochilus 



autumnalis 



fimbriatus 

 Caladenia 

 congesta 

 Menziesii 



Patersoni 



suaveolens 

 carnea ... 

 ccerulea 

 deforrais 

 Chiloglottis 

 Gunnii ... 



Glossodia 



major ... 



Nar-Nar-Goon, Lilydale, N.of Riddell's 



Ck.,Wandong 

 Near Brighton Beach 



Stawell, Black Ranges, S. of Stawell 



Pakenham, Eltham, Barnedown, Cam- 



paspe R. 

 Stawell 



Darlimurla ; a small variety, Oakleigh 

 Ringwood, Nar-Nar-Goon, Frankston, 



Colac 

 Ringwood, Nar-Nar-Goon, Polkemmit, 



Balmoral, Wandong, Stawell 

 Ringwood 

 Sand., Stawell 

 Stawell 

 Ringwood, Polkemmit, Stawell 



Darlimurla, South Warragul, Mount 

 Corranwarrabul 



Nar-Nar-Goon, Lower Ferntree Gully, 

 Balmoral, Wandong, Ledcourt 

 Quarry (Grampians). 



T. S. Hart. 



Formal as a Preserving Fluid. — A thoroughly reliable pre- 

 serving fluid is a desideratum to the ordinary collector as well as 

 the museum curator, therefore any additional information on the 

 subject is welcome. In the January number of the American 

 Naturalist, Mr. F. C. Kenyon describes Prof. T. Blum's employ- 

 ment of formal, the usual name of a forty per cent, solution of 

 formaldehyde in water. It is a clear opalescent fluid with a 

 sharp odour. It has the advantage of being cheaper than 

 alcohol, of having a more penetrating action, and in many cases 

 preserving colours and microscopic details. Whole mammals, 

 reptiles, fishes, &c., placed in a ten per cent, solution of the 

 fluid were hardened, and after nine months' immersion were 

 unchanged, though the fluid had not been changed. — Natural 

 Science, April, 1895. 



