ANNUAL MEETING. 89 
Large numbers of plants have been observed from time to time, 
and complete lists of these have been compiled by Mr. Bailey. 
An abstract of noteworthy observations, given in the order of 
the excursions, has been furnished by that authority and may 
fittingly conclude this report. It is as follows :-— 
‘““The late wet season has been very favourable to the fungoid 
and lichen growth, and several entirely new species have been 
collected. 
“TINDOOROOPILLY.—A fungus, Phoma purpurea Cooke, the 
species, but recently determined by S. Cooke, found on the foliage 
of some eucalypts, which seem to have suffered in consequence. 
“ KAGLE FArM.—-Here a new lichen, Calicium Queenslandie, 
Knight, was found, as also, in abundance, the curious terrestial 
orchid Drakea irritabilis which has been somewhat rare of late 
years. 
‘At Rosewood a new lichen, Graphis Parmeliarum, Awzght, was 
found, parasitic, on another lichen—Parmelia. 
“* Mount Gravatt yielded specimens of the rare plants : Daviesia 
Wyattiana, an erect shrub with notably long leaves, from six to 
twelve inches long; Knoxia corymbosa, a plant rarely found out- 
side of the tropics and Xanthorrhea minor, a stemless grass-tree 
not commonly found in Queensland. 
‘“‘ Lutwyche was productive of some rare fungi, some of which it 
is thought will prove new to science. 
“ At Sandgate, Leersia hexandra, the ‘rice grass,’ was found 
infested with Puccinia graminis, a rare occurrence on this grass. 
(It has been noted generally that the blight fungi are much more 
prevalent than usual this season.) Some rare rock lichens were 
also collected here, and Crinum angustifolium, a plant reported 
to have been the cause of damage to stock in the interior, was 
observed only in this locality. 
“The visit to Mount Pleasant yielded some rare fungi, among 
them excellent specimens of the uncommon and most beautiful 
Dictyophora multicolor, possessed, however of a most offensive 
odour. 
“ At Riverview, Agaricus vaginatus, a very rare fungus in Queens- 
land, was collected. Also another rare species, Ascobolus Baileyi, 
was observed more than ordinarily abundant in the cow dung. 
The inflorescence of whole acres of Fimbristylis, on a low flat and 
