president's address — SECTION D. 193 



5. " Descriptions of New Species of South Australian Plants." 

 Tate {Ihicl, 67-71). The species are : — Sisymhrium procumbens, Kochia 

 pentatropis, PuUencea graveolens, riscidula, Hydrocotyle crassiuscula, 

 Hakea Ednieana, Stipa Muelleri. 



6. " Additions to the Flora of Extra-tropical South Australia." 

 Tate [Ibid, 72-3). 



7. " Eemarks on some Indigenous Shrubs of South Australia 

 suitable for cultivation as Fodder," by Samuel Dixon. (Proc. R.S., 

 S.A., VIIl., 14-27). A valuable paper, based on accurate botanical 

 observation and practical experience. 



8. " Additions to the Flora of Extra-tropical South Australia, 

 including descriptions of two new species." Tate (Proc. R.S., S.A., 

 VIIT., 71-2). The new species are Dysphania simulans (Mueller and 

 Tate), from Lake Eyre, and Loranthus gibber ulus (Tate), parasitic on 

 Greinllea nematophylla, also from Lake E}Te. The records are in 

 regard to five other species of various genera. 



9. " Additions to the Extra-tropical Flora of South Australia." 

 Tate (Proc, R.S., S.A., IX., 57-8). 



10. " Additional South Australian Lichens and Fungi." Collected 

 by Tepper, 1880-5. {Ibid, IX., 215). 



11. " Descriptions of Two New Australian Plants." Mueller and 

 Tate (Proc. R.S., S.A., X., 80-1). 



Cheilanthes Cldandi, Caroona Hill, Gawler Ranges ; Newcastlia 

 Dixoni, Ral-ral on River Murra}% 



12. " Definitions of Four New Species of Australian Plants." Tate 

 (Proc. R.S., S.A., XII., 129-31). 



Cryptandra scabrida and Schoenus discifer, from Kangaroo Island ; 

 Caladenia toxochila and C. tentacidata, from Caroona Hill, Ga^'ler 

 Range. 



13. In Proc. R.S., S.A., XIII., 236, Mr. H. Sutherland has a note 

 entitled " Poisonous properties of Euphorbia eremophila,'''' 



14. And Professor E. H. Rennie (ibid, p. 237) announces the 

 presence of ^'Esculine in an infusion of the leaves of Bursaria spinosa, 

 which accounts for the fluorescence noticed in the infusion. 



15. " List of Eight New Species of Flowering Plants inhabiting 

 Extra-tropical South Au^^tralia." Tate (Proc. R.S., S.A., XIIL, 242). 



16. " The Effects of Settlement and Pastoral Occupation in Aus- 

 tralia upon the Indigenous Vegetation." Samuel Dixon (Proc. R.S.^ 

 S.A., XV., 195-206). 



17. " A supplement to a census of the flora of extra-tropical South 

 Australia." Tate (Proc. R.S., S.A., XIX., 79-83). Valuable lists, 

 both of addenda and corrigenda, 



18. '■ Diagnoses of Four New Species of Plants from South Aus- 

 tralia." Tate (Proc. R.S., S.A., XXIIL, 288-92). Includes a valuable 

 conspectus of South Australian Zygophylla. 



