THE VICTORIAN NATURALIST. 45 



PAPERS READ. 



I. By Mr. F. M. Reader, F.R.H.S., entitled " Contributions to 

 the Flora of Victoria, xiv. — Description of Pnltenoia weindorjeri, 

 sp. nov." Communicated by Mr. G. Weindorfer. 



The author described a PultencTea under the name of P. 

 weindorferi, in honour of the finder, which had been found 

 growing in swampy ground near Wandm, in the Lilydale district, 

 and pointed out its affinities with and differences from other 

 species of the genus. 



NATURAL HISTORY NOTES. 



Mr. G. A. Keartland said that he had recently received some 

 interesting information with regard to the range of the Princess 

 Alexandra Parrakeet, which he would bring before a future 

 meeting of the Club. 



EXHIBITS. 



By Mr. A. Coles. — Albino Red-backed Parrakeet, Psephotus 

 hcematonotns, from Bendigo ; Gouldian Grass- Finches, Poepkila 

 mirabilis, male normal plumage, and male abnormal plumage, 

 kept in captivity for over seven years. 



By Mr. G. Coghill. — Flowering branches of Banli$ia collina, 

 from Launching Place. 



By Mr. C. J. Gabriel. — Shells — Lotaruim spengleri, Chem., L. 

 spengleri, var. tvaterhousei, Adm. and Ang., and Fusus undulatus, 

 Perry, from Western Port Bay ; Tellina radiata and T. strigosa, 

 from Florida. 



By Mr. A. D. Hardy. — Desmid, Staurastrum leplacanthum, 

 Nordstedt, from Whanregarwen. 



By Mr. V. Pitcher. — Pot fern, Asplenium flahellifolium, grown 

 from a small piece collected at Sassafras Gully, Easter, 1904. 



By Mr. A. Mattingley. — Commercial Beche-de-mer, or Holo- 

 thurian, from Great Barrier Reef, Queensland. 



By Mr. F. Wisewould. — Ripe Cherry-plums picked in June at 

 Elsternwick. 



After the usual conversazione the meeting terminated. 



A BOTANICAL TRIP TO THE GRAMPIANS. 



By G. Weindorfer. 



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{Read heforc the Field Naturalists' Cliih of Victoria, 8th May, 1905.) 

 In order to satisfy a long-desired wish of mine, I was prompted 

 to accept the suggestion of Dr. Sutton to accompany him 

 on a short trip to the Grampians during the last Christmas 

 holidays as the guest of his friend, Mr. Roland Weltenhall, of 

 " Pomona," near Stawell. 



We left town by the Adelaide express on Saturday afternoon, 

 24th December, reaching Stawell (150 miles) about eleven o'clock 

 that night, where we were met by our host, Mr. Wettenhall, and 



