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a series of descriptions of the Tertiary Polyzoa of Victoria, 

 supplementary to the important monograph of that group 

 contributed to the Transactions of the Royal Society of Victoria 

 by Dr. MacgilHvray, whose death had occurred before the 

 appearance of his completed work. In May, 1898, Mr. Maple- 

 stone presented the first part of his " Further Descriptions of 

 the Tertiary Polyzoa of Victoria," of which the twelfth and 

 last part was read on the 12th of December, 1912. Interspersed 

 with this series were several papers on recent species, the last 

 of which was presented at the same meeting as the last paper 

 dealing with the fossil forms. These two short papers are a 

 striking illustration of Mr. Maplestone's courage and perse- 

 verance under great disabilities, as at the time of preparing 

 them he was much broken in health, had long lost the sight 

 of one eye, and had the other so weakened that he was forbidden 

 the use of the microscope for more than half an hour a day. 

 These papers concluded the series of over twenty communications 

 to the Royal Society, all referring to the Bryozoa, on which 

 group Mr. Maplestone had been recognized, since the death of 

 Dr. Slacgillivray, as the leading Australian authority. He also 

 contributed to the Records of the Australian Museum in 1909-10 

 a couple of short papers on the Bryozoa collected by the Miner 

 in the Tasman Sea. There are few indeed among the marine 

 invertebrata of our shores which are now better known than 

 the Bryozoa, thanks to the long series of patient investigations 

 carried out by Dr. MacgilHvray and later by Mr. Maplestone. 

 He became a member of the Field Naturalists' Club in 

 November, 1894, and, though living so far away as Eltham, 

 was a frequent visitor at the monthly meetings. During his 

 official trips about the State he had made many observations 

 relating to the flowering times of orchids, and in October, 

 1895, contributed an article on the subject to the Naturalist 

 (vol. xii., p. 82) ; and at the December meeting read a useful 

 and interesting paper entitled " Calendars, and Indexing 

 Natural History Observations," w^hich was published in the 

 Naturalist for January. 1896 (vol. xii., p. 120). He was most 

 methodical in his manner of dealing with his observations, and 

 it is to be hoped his notes will pass into appreciative hands. 

 Mr. Maplestone was laid to rest among others of his kindred in 

 the little cemetery attached to Rose Chapel, St. Helena, near 

 Eltham.— W. M. B. 



Vernacular Names of Victorian Plants. — A further 

 portion of this list appears in the Journal of Agriculture of 

 Victoria for February, comprising the orders from Chenopodiaceae 

 to Callitrichaceae. 



