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Wales Spotted Gum, Eucalyptus maculata. Honk., near the 

 Tarra Range. 



EXHIBITS. 



By Mr. C. Daley, F.L.S. — Skins of Flinders Cuckoo, Eudy- 

 namis cyanocephala, Latham (female) and Topknot Pigeon 

 Lopholcemus antarcticus, Shaw, recently shot by Miss L. Donon, 

 at Lake View, Mallacoota. 



By Mr. A. D. Hardy. F.L.S. — Specimen of Glyceria dives, 

 F. V. M., Giant Mountain Grass or " Wild Oats," measuring 

 14 feet in height, from Sherbrooke, Dandenong Ranges. 



By Miss G. Nethercote. — Grey marble, from Government 

 Quarries, near Buchan : black marble, from Fairy Cave, 

 Buchan ; dried specimen of Smilax australis, from Mario. East 

 Gippsland. 



By Mr. F. Pitcher. — Foliage and flower of Eucalyptus macro- 

 carpa. Large-fruited Eucalyptus (W.A.), grown at Sandring- 

 ham ; branch of Acacia armata, with singular gall formation, 

 from Ringwood. 



By Dr. C. S. Sutton. — Dried specimens of Cockatoo Orchid, 

 Caleya major. Rusty-hoods (orchid), Pterostylis rufa, Diggers' 

 Spaedwell, Veronica perfoliata, and Shrubby Trachymene, 

 Trachymenc Billardieri, from Brisbane Range ; Common Fringe- 

 Myrtle, Calythrix tetragona. Velvet Aster, Olearia (Aster) 

 pannosa, and Fringe- Wattle, Acacia Mitchelli, from Maud ; 

 Slender Goodenia, Goodenia gracilis, from Little River ; 

 Eriostemon ohovalis and Grevillea parviflora, from Durdidwarrah. 



By Mr. W. Scott. — Flowering plant (in pot) of Isotoma 

 axillaris, Rock Isotoma. 



By Mr. P. R. H. St. John. — Herbarium specimens of 

 Eucalyptus stricta, Sieber (syn. E. virgata, Sieber ; E. virgata, 

 Sieb., var. stricta, J. H. Maiden), collected at Mount Wellington, 

 Vict., 25th December, 1916, by Dr. W. H. Green ; Acacia 

 leprosa, Sieber (known erroneously as A. leprosa, var. elongata) ; 

 A. leprosa, Sieb., var. tenuifolia, Benth. (known usually as A. 

 leprosa, Sieb.) ; and A. subporosa, F. v. M. (known erroneously 

 as A. leprosa, Sieb., var. tenuifolia, Benth.), Victoria. 



By Mr. J. Wilcox. — Rotifer colony, Lacinularia elliptica. 



By Mr. H. B. Wilhamson. — Dried specimens of 36 species 

 of plants cohected in bloom at Ouyen and Murrayville between 

 26th and 31st December, illustratin*g the unusual season in the 

 northern Mallee. 



By Mr. F. Wisewould.— Young of Black-tailed Wallaby, 

 Macropns ualabatus, taken from pouch at Pakenham on 31st 

 December, two months after termination of close season. 



After the usual conversazione the meeting terminated. 



