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By Mr. F. Pitcher. — Flowering specimens of Acacia discolor, 

 Willd., Sunshine Wattle, Victoria, New South Wales, and 

 Tasmania ; Alyxia ruscifolia, R. Br., Ruscus-leaved Brushland 

 Box, New South Wales and Queensland ; Hakea cristata, 

 R. Br., Crested Hakea, Western Australia ; H. verrucosa, 

 F. v. M., Warty-fruited Hakea, Western Australia ; and 

 Plcctranthus parviflorus, Willd., Small Cockspur Flower, Vic- 

 toria, New South Wales, and Queensland, from Melbourne 

 Botanic Gardens. 



By Miss Rollo. — Mineralogical specimens from Trans- 

 Continental Railway, including manganese, barytes, oxide of 

 copper, carbonate of copper, and crude salt ; also bean of 

 African tree, Afzelia africana. 



By Mr. A. L. Scott. — Granite under microscope — (a) in 

 ordinary light, {b) between crossed nicols. 



By Sir Baldwin Spencer, K.C.M.G. — Portions of aboriginal 

 skeleton, two bone awls, and collection of marine shells, flint, 

 and other stone implements, from aboriginal kitchen middens, 

 Wilson's Promontory ; photographs of middens, and of the 

 middens or " native ovens," near Koondrook, Murray River. 



By Mr. J. Searle. — Salpa, a pelagic tunicate, showing alterna- 

 tion of generations. 



By Mr. P. R. H. St. John. — Herbarium specimens, in bloom, 

 of Paler sonia glabrata, R. Br. (Iridacese), Victoria, New South 

 Wales, and Queensland ; Mitrasacme montana, J. Hooker 

 (Loganiacese), Victoria and Tasmania, collected by exhibitor 

 at foot of Mount Riddell, Healesville, 5th May, 1918 ; also 

 specimen of Panax sambucifolius with variegated foliage, 

 collected by exhibitor at Warburton, 20th April, 1918 ; sample 

 of crude oil of Eucalyptus Sieberiana, Silver-top Gum, Vic- 

 toria and New South Wales, prepared at the Botanic Gardens 

 laboratory by exhibitor from tree cultivated in the Gardens. 



By Mr. H. Whitmore. — Ladybirds, Orcus australasice, hiber- 

 nating under bark of wattle tree : specimen of Thorn Apple, 

 Datura stramonium, an introduced noxious plant, common at 

 East Malvern. 



By Mr. H. B. Williamson.— Dried specimens of the intro- 

 duced plants, Glaucium luleum, Scop., Horned Poppy, and 

 A triplex patula, Common Arache, from Altona Bay. 



After the usual conversazione the meeting terminated. 



The Great War. — Another of our members, Mr. C. C. 

 Brittlebank, Vegetable Pathologist, Department of Agriculture, 

 Victoria, has suffered bereavement by the death of his only son, 

 Private Cyril C. Brittlebank. He had seen over three years' 

 service in the Field Ambulance Brigade, and his death in hospital 

 in France has just been reported. 



