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By Mr. T. S. Hart, M.A. — Four species of Victorian Cassythas 

 (Dodder Laurels) from various localities ; also Restio tetra- 

 phyllum, from Springs reserve, near Clayton. 



By Mr. F. Keep. — Flowering specimens of the White Paper- 

 bark Myrtle, Melaleuca genistifolia, of Queensland, grown at 

 Canterbury ; the flowers, being very sweetly scented, have 

 been very attractive to the brown butterfly, Heteronympha 

 merope, so numerous lately. 



By Mr. P. C. Morrison. — Photographs of scenes at Marysville 

 taken during recent excursion ; branch of beech, with knot, 

 to which the fungus Cyttaria Gunnii was attached when found ; 

 also specimen of black snail, Paryphanta atramentaria, from 

 Marysville excursion. 



By Mr. F. Pitcher. — Young specimens of the fungus Poly- 

 porus mylittce, Cooke, known as " blackfellows' bread," from 

 Drouin. The sections shown were cut with a penknife a few 

 days after the specimens were unearthed. Also, section of a 

 bitumenized paper drain-pipe recently found during ex- 

 cavations for new buildings at South Yarra. 



By Mr. J. Searle. — Specimens of " Narethaite," a form of 

 limestone found at Naretha, W.A., on the Trans-Australian 

 Railway ; also Daphnia longispina, found at Heidelberg, new 

 for Australia. 



By Mr. J. Stickland. — Photographs of Marysville and dis- 

 trict, in illustration of excursion report ; also frond of Lomaria 

 fluviatilis, measuring three feet in length. 



By Mr. P. R. H. St. John. — Young plant and seeds of Ginkgo 

 biloba, Madien-hair Tree, or " Pa-koo " of China. 



By Dr. J. R. M. Thomson, on behalf of pupils of Keerrong 

 public school, N.S.W.— Single valve of large fresh-water mussel, 

 showing fine " mother-of-pearl," for which the shells are 

 collected commercially in the district ; also jasper and chalce- 

 dony pebbles from a creek tributary of the Richmond River, 

 the chalcedony pebbles being enhydrous (containing water), 

 and a fractured pebble showing mammillate structure of wall 

 of cavity. 



By Mr. H. B. Williamson. — Photograph of Prostanthera 

 Walteri, taken at Buffalo Gorge, December, 1918. 



After the usual conversazione the meeting terminated. 



Native Fibre Plants. — In the Journal of Agriculture, 

 Victoria, for December, Professor Ewart, D.Sc, Ph.D., Govern- 

 ment Botanist, points out in an interesting article that the term 

 " fibre plant " has recently been used in a misleading sense in 

 attempting to indicate opportunities for new industries, and gives 

 the conditions which must govern any idea of utilizing Australian 

 plants for such purposes, 



