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By INIiss S. W. L. Cochrane. — Native Grinding Stone, found 

 at Tocumwal, N.S.VV. 



By Mr. A. Coles. — Glossy Ibis, Ibis falcinellus. 



By Mr. C. French, jun. — Fine specimens of the remarkable 

 Cotton-like Scale Insect, Pidvinnria tecta, on Kunzea, from 

 South Gipsland. 



By Mr. G. A. Keartland. — Eggs of Wedge-tailed Eagle, one of 

 which is pure white. Both taken from the same nest. 



By Mr. F. M. Reader.— Medicinal plants from Minnesota, 

 U.S., America : — Frunics serotina, Veronica virginica, and 

 Monarda inmctata. Also the following naturalized plants, new 

 for Victoria : — Medicago turhinata, Dimboola ; Papaver dubium, 

 Lowan ; Sisymbrium columnce, Dimboola and Borung, 



By Dr. C. S. Sutton. — Dried plants in illustration of paper, 

 including Prostanthera walteri, Leontopodium. catipes, Aciphylla 

 glacialis, and Epacris mucronulata. 



By Mr. W. Scott. — Butterflies and moths from Ceylon. 



By Mr. S. P. Townsend. — Specimens of White-faced Storm 

 Petrel, Pelagodroma marina, showing the adult and young in 

 different stages of development, in illustration of his paper. 



By Mr. C. Walter. — Plants new for N.W. of Victoria : — Kochia 

 microphylla and Euj)horbia drummondi, collected at Saltwater 

 River, near Maribyrnong Racecourse, by Mr. C. French, jun., 

 February, 1903. 



By Mr. G. Weindorfer. — Dried plants in illustration of paper 

 by Dr. Sutton and Mr. F. G. A. Barnard, including Veroiiica 

 nivea, Bceckea crenatifolia, Spiranthes australis, Kxhnzea 

 corifolia, &c. 



By Mr. J. Wilcox. — Sea-horse from southern coast of Tasmania, 



After the usual conversazione, the meeting terminated. 



THE MICRO-FUNGI OF AUSTRALIAN LOBELIAS. 

 By D. M'Alpine, Government Vegetable Pathologist. 



[Read hefore the Field Naturalists'' Cluh of Victoria, 2th Feb., 1903.) 



The immediate cause of writing this paper was the finding of 

 nine different kinds of fungi on a series of specimens of a small 

 species of Lobelia kindly forwarded to me by Mr. C. French, 

 jun., who has recently been adding considerably to the micro- 

 fungi of Victoria by his enthusiastic and intelligent collecting. 



The Lobelias belong to the natural order Campanulaceae, and 

 are represented by about 200 species of greenhouse and hardy 

 herbaceous plants, shrubs being very rare among them. They 

 contain the poisonous alkaloid known as lobeline, in the form of 

 a yellow viscid liquid, but this evidently does not prevent them 

 being attacked by fungi. 



