224 THE VICTORIAN NATURALIST. 



FIELD NATURALISTS' CLUB OF VICTORIA. 



{Concluded from page 190.) 



NATURAL HISTORY NOTES. 



Wallaby at Sea. — Mr. F. Wisewould stated that when 

 coming from San Remo recently he noticed an object in Western 

 Port Bay, about one hundred yards from the beach, which proved 

 to be a wallaby swimming towards Phillip Island. It seemed 

 very exhausted, and fell down upon reaching the shore, taking 

 several minutes to reach the scrub, only a short distance off. 

 It is alleged there are no wallabies on either French or Phillip 

 Island. Should this be correct, the animal must have been caught 

 by the tide on one of the mud banks or sand spits at the head of 

 the bay, and carried by the ebb, which was running very fast, a 

 distance of eight or ten miles. 



Growth in Lobelia. — Mr. J. S. Kitson called attention to 

 some specimens of Lobelia simjilicicaulis, R. Br., exhibited, 

 which had been picked some six weeks ago, and though neither 

 in water nor earth, had grown from one to two and a half inches 

 since being picked, notwithstanding the weather had been very 

 warm during the whole period. One specimen, placed between 

 the leaves of a book to press, had grown two inches out of the 

 book. He said some of the specimens were still growing, and 

 asked if this had been noticed by other collectors. 



EXHIBITS. 



By Mr. F. G. A. Barnard. — Growing plants of the Nardoo, Mar- 

 silea qiiadrifolia, L., from East Kew. 



By Mr. F. Chapman, A.L.S., on behalf of Rev. A. W. 

 Cresswell, M.A. — Abnormal leaf of Gangamopteris spatulata, 

 M'Coy, from Bacchus Marsh, in illustration of paper. 



By Mr. C. French, jun. — Fine specimen of aboriginal stone 

 wedge, from Hamilton, Victoria. 



By Mr. F. G. D'Ombrain. — Dove-like Prion, Prion detolatus, 

 Gm., from Huonville, Tasmania. 



By Mr. H. Jeffery. — Six species of South African shells. 



By Mr. J. S. Kitson. — Specimens o{ Lobelia siniplicicaulis, R. 

 Br., from Red Hill, near Dromana, in illustration of note. 



By Mr. F. Pitcher, for the Director. — Blooms of Grevillea 

 banksii, vax. forsterii, from Queensland and North Australia, and 

 Melaleuca lateritia, from Western Australia, now flowering in 

 Melbourne Botanical Gardens. 



By Dr. Sutton. — Growing plant of fern, Lomaria paterso7ii, 

 Sprengel, from Eurobin Falls. 



After the usual conversazione the meeting terminated. 



