THE VICTORIAN NATURALIST. 99 



A splendid collection of native flowers from the neighbourhood 

 of Sydney was contributed by Miss Hynas, B.A. ; Messrs. J. H. 

 Maiden, F.L.S., Botanic Gardens ; R. T. Baker, F.L.S., Techno- 

 logical Museum ; J. J. Fletcher, M.A., B.Sc, Linnean Society ; 

 C. Hedley, F.L.S., Australian Museum ; and A. G. Hamilton, 

 Mount Kembla; together with Professor Spencer, Messrs. A. H. 

 S. Lucas, M.A., and T. Steele, F.L.S. — members of the Field 

 Naturalists' Club of Victoria, then in Sydney. The collection 

 comprised some 60 species, including Boronia floribunda, B. 

 serrulata, Pliilotheca Australia, Daviesia alata, Callicoma serrati- 

 folia, Darwinia fascicular is, Lambertia formosa, Grevillea sericea, 

 G. punicea, Hakea dactyloides, Telopea speciocissima, Goodenia 

 heterophylla, Styphelia trifiora, S. microphylla, Woollsia pungens, 

 Sowerbcea juncea, Actinotus helianthi, Macadamia sp., Dendrobium 

 tetragonum, D. speciosum, and Diuris aurea. 



Mr. W. R. Guilfoyle, F.L.S., contributed about fifty species of 

 Australian wild flowers grown at the Melbourne Botanical 

 Gardens, including many handsome grevilleas, acacias, &c. ; the 

 Castlemaine Ramblers' Club, a collection of local flowers, includ- 

 ing Eriostemon obovalis, Grevillea rosmarinifolia, G. Alpina, &c. 

 Flowers were contributed by Mr. C. French, F.L.S., from Chelten- 

 ham ; Mr. J. G. Luehmann, from Sandringham ; Mr. D. Best, 

 from Cheltenham ; Mr. C. Frost, F.L.S., from Mitcham ; by Mr. 

 C. French, jun., and C. Walter, from Ringwood and Cheltenham ; 

 Mr. J. E. Shepherd, from Somerville, including Sprengelia incar- 

 nata, var. alba, and Epacris obtusifolia ; Mr. F. G. A. Barnard, 

 30 species from Plenty Ranges, including Eriostemon correifolius, 

 Baeckea diffusa, Tetratheca ericifolia, Dampiera stricta, also Heli- 

 chrysum obcor datum, Dilwynia cinerascens, &c, from Yan Yean ; 

 Mr. A. E. Kitson, from Benalla ; Mr. J. Paul, from Grantville ; 

 Mr. A. Purdie, M.A., from Bendigo ; Miss Cochrane, from Ring- 

 wood, including Pterostylis barbata; Misses Wise, from Sale, 

 including Correa speciosa (red variety), Galadenia Cairnsiana, 

 Caleya major. 



Besides those mentioned, the Victorian flowers included 

 Hybanthus filiformis, Pittosporum phylliroides, Gomesperma 

 volubile (white flowers), Boronia polygalifolia, Eriostemon myopo- 

 roides, Lasiopetalum Baueri, L. Schultzenii, Sphairolobium vimi- 

 neum, Pultentea villosa, Acacia calamifolia, A. retinodes, Baxter a 

 rubioides, Calycothrix tetragona } C. Sullivani, Leptospermum 

 myrsinoides, Melaleuca Wilsoni, Pommaderris subrepanda, Heli- 

 chrysum elatum, Candollea despecta, Dampiera Broivnii, Prostan- 

 thera rotundifolia, Epacris longijlora, E. microphylla, Stypandra 

 glauca ; also about 30 species of orchids, including Thdymitra 

 epipactoides, Prasophyllum elatum, P. fuscum, Pterostylis pedunc- 

 ulata, Galadenia suaveolens, C. latifolia, C. Menziesii, and Lyper- 

 anthus nigricans. 



