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THE VICTORIAN NATURALIST. 



Pileus. — Pure white, campanulate, edges incurved, apex slightly 



yellowish, somewhat fleshy, slightly squamose, striate, 



2 inches in diameter. 

 Stem. — Nearly equal, slightly bulbous at base, solid, firm, 



4^ inches high, white, flesh different from pileus, dewy or 



pruinose. 

 Gills. — Not touching, dusky colour, ventricose, very deep, not 



crowded, spores. 



LIST OF SPECIMENS OF VICTORIAN PLANTS IN 

 CULTIVATION NOW FLOWERING* IN THE 

 MELBOURNE BOTANIC GARDENS. 



Acacia crassiuscula 



„ longifolia 



„ ,, var. mucronata 



„ retinodes 



„ rigens 



„ salicina 

 Aotus villosa 

 Bauerra rubioides 

 Billadiera scandens 

 Calycothrix sullivanii 

 „ tetragona 



Daviesia latifolia 

 Dillwynia ericifolia 

 Eriostemon myoporoides 

 Eutaxia empetrifolia 

 Grevillea alpina 



,, aquifolium 



„ confer tifolia 



„ ilicifolia 



„ oleoides 

 Goodia lotifolia 



Hakea eriantha 



„ microcarpa 



,, saligna 



,, ulicina 

 Kennedya prostrata 

 Kunzea corifolia 

 Leptospermum myrsinoides 

 Leucopogon richei 

 Melaleuca wilsonii 

 Micrantheum hexandrum 

 Myoporum serratum 

 Olearia myrsinoides 

 Pimelea humilis 

 Pittosporum undulatum 

 Platylobium obtusangulum 

 Pomaderris elliptica 

 ,, lanigera 



„ ligustrina 



Pultenaea subumbellata 



„ villosa 

 Westringia rosmarinifolia 



Members will be glad to hear that Prof. Spencer has been 

 elected a member of the Council of the Zoological and Acclima- 

 tization Society of Victoria 



Dragon Flies. — The extraordinary profusion of a species of 

 dragon fly during the earlier days of the present month, in various 

 districts about Melbourne, was commented upon in the public 

 press. At Yarraviile the insects were flying about in myriads, 

 from the 2nd to the 5th of October, the weather being very fine 

 and warm. Simultaneously with a break in the weather the 

 insects disappeared, and now not a single individual is to be seen. 

 I have brought a specimen on purpose to submit it to Mr. 

 French, in order that the name may be recorded. — Thos. Steel. 

 * October, 1890. 



