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By Mr. F. G. A. Barnard. — Older and Newer Basalt, also 

 Tertiary sand, from Maribyrnong excursion. 



By Mr. F. Chapman, A.L.S. — Slide and specimen of volcanic 

 rock, Monchiquite, from Whitethorn-road, Balwyn ; flowering 

 branch of Hakea laiiriua, usually listed as H. eiicalyptoides, 

 grown at Balwyn. 



By Mr. F. Cudmore. — A large coral, Stenopora, sp., from the 

 Palaeozoic of Southern Tasmania. 



By Mr. J. Gabriel. — Native axe found at Rhyll ; Polyzoa 

 from Western Port Bay ; mud-inhabiting molluscs, including 

 Modiola arborescens, Chem., M. victories, Pritch. and Gathff, 

 Theora fragilis, A. Ad., and My odor a brevis, Sow. 



By Master K. Glance. — Flower of yucca. 



By Mr. A. L. Scott. — Basalt and Tachylite slides in illus- 

 tration of report of Maribyrnong Bridge excursion. 



By Mr. J. Searle. — Freshwater crustacean, Anaspides tas- 

 manicB, Thorn., from. Mount Wellington, Tasmania ; Fairy 

 Shrimps, Branchinella aiistraliensis, Sayce, recently collected 

 near Werribee, and Parartemia zeitziana, Sayce, from the Salt- 

 pans, near Geelong. 



By Dr. C. S. Sutton and Mr. P. R. H. St. John.— Specimen 

 of seedling (seldom found) of Exocarpits cupressiformis, Labill. ; 

 specimen of Acacia verticillata, showing true leaves and 

 phyllodes, collected at Frankston, 3rd May, 1913. 



By Mr. P. R. H. St. John. — Specimen in bloom of Avicennia 

 officinalis, Linn., False Mangrove, collected at Kororoit Creek, 

 Wilhamstown, loth May, 1913. 



By Mr. J. R. Tovey. — Dried specimens of Myagrum per- 

 foliatum, L., Musk Weed, collected in the Wimmera district by 

 exhibitor, 2nd February, 1913, a native of Europe and the 

 Orient, recently recorded as a naturalized alien in this State — 

 a troublesome weed in cornfields : Rapistrum rugosum, AIL, 

 Giant Mustard or Turnip-weed, collected in the Bacchus 

 Marsh district by exhibitor and C. French, jun., November, 

 1910, a native of Europe and the Orient, a troublesome weed 

 in cornfields, now naturalized in Victoria : and Artemisia 

 vulgaris, L., Mugwort, collected at Coode Island, Victoria, 

 March, 1913, by exhibitor and C. French, jun., a native of the 

 north temperate regions, not yet sufficiently established to l)e 

 considered naturaUzed. 



After the usual conversazione the meeting terminated. 



Freshwater Mollusca.— Mr. F. L. Billinghurst, Bacchus 

 Marsh, is anxious to obtain live specimens of freshwater 

 moUusca. Members forwarding such to him will be good 

 enough to give precise locality. 



