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A number of fungi was exhibited by Professor King and Mr. 
William Stewart, including Bolbitiws bulbillosus, Fries, from 
Largs, a species new to Britain. (See page 355.) 
Professor King exhibited Ptilota asplenioides, P. filicina, and 
other species of Algz from California. 
Mr. A. Sweet exhibited a number of herbaceous plants in 
flower, which led to a discussion on the effects of cultivation 
and on the species from which some of our garden flowers have 
originated. 
Dr. R. Broom, B.Sc., Taralga, N.S.W., Corresponding Member, 
exhibited a collection of South Sea Island fishing-hooks, showing 
ingenious combinations of mother-of-pearl and tortoise-shell, which 
served both as hook and bait. 
Dr. Broom also exhibited a series of fossils from the bone- 
breccia deposit which he had discovered recently in the 
neighbourhood of the Wombeyan Caves, N.S.W. 
The specimens shown were :— 
1. Two almost perfect jaws of Burramys parvus, Broom. This 
is the interesting little Diprotodont marsupial recently described 
by Dr. Broom, which is chiefly characterised by its large grooved 
premolars. It is regarded as being intermediate between the 
Phalangers and the Macropodids—differing from Hypsiprymnodon 
in having three small functionless teeth between the large p‘ and 
it. There is also reason to believe that in Burramys we have 
the nearest known relative of the extinct pouched-lion Thylacoleo 
carnifex, Owen. 
2. Two lower jaws and a specimen exhibiting the almost 
complete maxillary teeth of Paleopetaurus elegans, Broom. This 
small Diprotodont is believed to be intermediate between Petaurus 
