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exhibited by him, which had been used for the purpose of demon- 

 strating the length of the vessels by injecting them with mercury. 

 The stem had afterwards been stuck in the ground, and was 

 now sprouting, showing that it was not affected by the mercury. 



EXHIBITS. 



By Mr. J. W. Audas. — Two assegais as used by the Kaffirs in 

 the recent rebellion in South Africa. 



By Mr. F. G. A. Barnard. — Dried frond of fern, Lomaria dis- 

 color, var. hipinnatijida, from Dividing Range, also unfinished 

 native axes, rocks, &c., from Mt. William, in illustration of his 

 paper. 



By Miss S. W. L. Cochrane. — Orchids from Healesville, 

 Pterostylis 7iutans and P. longifolia. 



By Miss C. Cowle. — Dried plants from Sydney, Blue Mountains, 

 &c. 



By Mr. H. J. Coles. — Pair of Pink-breasted Robins {Petrceca 

 rhodinogastra), male from Mt. Dandenong, female from Ferntree 

 Gully. 



By Prof. A. J. Ewart, D.Sc, Ph.D.— Stem of Wistaria, 

 sprouting after injection with mercury. 



By Mr. F. Pitcher, on behalf of the Director, Melbourne 

 Botanic Gardens. — Blooms of the following acacias now flowering 

 in the Melbourne Botanic Gardens, additional to those shown 

 at previous meetings : — Acacia acinacea, Lindley, Governor La 

 Trobe's Acacia, Vict., N.S.W., S. Aust. ; A. leprosa, Sieber, 

 Scurfy Acacia or Native Hickory, Vict., N.S.W. ; A. longifolia, 

 Willd., Long-leaved Acacia, Vict., N.S.W. , Qld., S.A., Tasm. ; A. 

 lunata, Sieber, Golden Glory Wattle, Vict., N.S.W., Qld. ; A. 

 melanoxylon, R. Brown, Blackwood Tree. Vict., N.S.W., S. Aust., 

 Tasm. ; A. montana, Bentham, Mountain Acacia, Vict., N.S.W., 

 S. Aust. ; A. oxycedrus, Sieber, Juniper Wattle, Vict., N.S.W., 

 S. Aust., Tasm.; A. prominens, A. Cunn., Fringed Acacia, N.S.W., 

 and Qld.; A. pycnantha, Bentham, Golden Wattle, Vict., 

 N.S.W., S. Aust. ; A. Riceana, Henslow, Rice's Acacia, Tasmania ; 

 A. saligna, Wendland, Weeping Wattle, W. Aust. ; A. stricta, 

 Willdenow, Upright Acacia, Vict., N.S.W., and Tasm. ; A. ver- 

 nicijlua, A. Cunn., Varnish Wattle, Vict., N.S.W., S. Aust., and 

 Tasm. ; A. verticillata, Willd., Whorl-leaved Acacia, Vict., 

 N.S.W., S. Aust., Tasm. 



After the usual conversazione the meeting terminated. 



Tasmanian Museum, Hobart. — We have to congratulate our 

 fellow-member, Mr. Robert Hall, F.L.S., C.M.Z.S., on his 

 appointment to the position of Secretary and Curator of the 

 Tasmanian Museum, Hobart, rendered vacant by the death of 

 Mr. Alex. Morton, F.L.S. Mr. Hall enters on his duties early 

 in January. 



