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many countries, and it was quite possible that they will be found 

 in Victoria. He also mentioned that the subject afforded a good 

 field for observation, particularly to the country members. 



2. By Mr. G. Weindorfer, entitled " A Botanical Trip to the 

 Grampians." 



The author gave an account of a botanical trip which he with 

 two others had made to the Goat Rock and Mt. Cassell, in the 

 Grampians, during the Christmas holidays. Though too late for 

 many of the flowers, fine specimens of Goiiospermum mitchellii, 

 Boronia pilosa, B. polygalifoUa, and Candollea sobolijera were 

 obtained, as well as a very fine series of seed specimens. 



In the discussion that followed the reading of the paper, the 

 author remarked that he was disappointed in the size of the 

 trees to be found on the Grampians. The eucalypts, when 

 compared with those of the forests of south-eastern Victoria, are 

 very small ; in most cases the height would not exceed sixty 

 feet, with a stem diameter of about three feet. 



In answer to Mr. G. A. Keartland as to whether birds were 

 plentiful, the author stated that only a few were noticed on the 

 lower slopes of the Grampians, but, as far as he could remember, 

 not a single bird was seen on the higher parts of the ranges. 



3. By Dr. C. S. Sutton, entitled " A Botanical Trip to Mount 

 Erica, Baw Baw." 



The author gave an interesting account of a short trip, which, 

 with a couple of companions, he had made to Mount Erica, one 

 of the peaks of the Baw Baw Range, during the New Year 

 holidays. The train was taken to Moe, from whence the party 

 was driven along the Walhalla road as far as Upper Moondara, 

 the rest of the journey being accomplished on foot. A number 

 of the flowers were past their best, but on the summit fine 

 specimens of Helichrysum rosmarlni folium, Oxylobium alpestre, 

 Sisyrinchium pulchellutn, Wittsteinia vacciniacea, Rlcliea gioniiii, 

 GentAana saxosa, and a few other plants, reminders of visits to the 

 Buffalo Ranges and the Alps, were obtained. 



Mr. F. Pitcher remarked that some years ago he visited the 

 district, passing through Marysville and Wood's Point to Walhalla, 

 and found the country, from a botanist's point of view, generally 

 very poor, and thought that September or October would yield 

 the best results to the collector. 



Mr. A. D. Hardy inquired whether the author had made a 

 collection of grasses during the trip, and at what elevation was 

 the Kangaroo Grass, Aiithistiria ciliata, found. He questioned 

 whether the party had really been on the Mount Erica of the 

 maps, and mentioned that the late Baron von Mueller had stated 

 that the mount was incorrectly named, as no true Erica had been 

 found in Victoria; however, one of the plants recorded, Wittsteinia 

 vacciniacea, F. v. M., belongs to the Ericaceae, our other repre- 

 sentative of that order being GatoUtera hispida,. 



