86 THE VICTORIAN NATURALIST. 



plants were very scarce. A few Silver Wattles were still in bloom 

 near the Plenty and the Diamond Creek. 



ELECTION OF MEMBERS. 



On a ballot being taken, Mr. F. G. Dombrain, Canterbury, 

 was elected an ordinary member, Masters Roy and John Dom- 

 brain as associates, and Masters G. E. Barrett, L. Gomm, J. 

 Snadden, P. Whitfield, H. Dew, Misses Florrie Gray, Lily 

 Carpenter, and Reva Debney as junior members of the Club. 



GENERAL BUSINESS. 



The president introduced and welcomed to the meeting Mr. E. 

 R. Ford, a member of the recent Antarctic expedition. In thank- 

 ing the meeting, Mr. Ford alluded to his South Polar experiences, 

 and gave some interesting particulars of the breeding habits of the 

 Emperor Penguins. 



The president offered the congratulations of the Club to Mr. 

 O. A. Sayce on his appointment to the position of Demonstrator 

 in Bacteriology at the University, and referred to the possibility 

 of a line of scientific investigation entered upon as a hobby 

 leading to the advancement of the investigator, and lifting him 

 out of the ordinary routine of a business life. 



The president called attention to the exhibit of Acacia blooms 

 from the Botanical Gardens, and said that the Australian border 

 there was well worthy of inspection at the present time, as at last 

 a number of the smaller native plants appeared as if they would 

 thrive in their new environment. 



PAPERS READ. 



1. By Mr. J. H. Maiden, F.L.S., entitled " On Three New 

 Species of Pultensea." (Communicated by Mr. J. F. Haase.) 



The author described and named three species of the genus 

 Pultense, recently found in Victoria — viz., P. vrolandi, a diffuse 

 shrub up to six feet iii height, found by Mr. A. W. Vroland on a 

 granite hill near Mt. Wombat, Strathbogie Ranges ; P. william- 

 soni, a weak-stemmed trailing shrub, also found by Mr. Vroland, 

 near creeks at Strathbogie ; and P. Inehmanni, a trailing, procum- 

 bent, straggling shrub, found by Mr. H. B. Williamson in the 

 Grampians, November, 1904. All three species had been for- 

 warded to him by Mr. H. B. WiUiamson, of Geelong. 



2. By Messrs. A. E. Kitson, F.G.S., and W. Baragwanath, jun., 

 entitled " The Source of the Yarra River, and the Geography of 

 the Mt. Baw Baw District." 



The authors pointed out that on the published maps the head 

 waters of the Yarra are shown to be mainly two sh'ghtly con- 

 verging streams embraced within a V-shaped mountain region, 

 with its apex in the flanks of Mt. Baw Baw ; whereas, in reality, 

 several miles of supposed Yarra are really within the drainage 



