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each kind were exhibited. The paper was very interesting, and 
created some little discussion. 
Mr. C. French, F.L.S., remarked in connection with the difficulty 
mentioned of naming specimens, that the whole of the fungi of 
Australia, (except the “micro” section) described up to date, would 
be enumerated in Vol. XII. of the Fragmenta shortly to be published 
by Baron von Mueller. 
_ The following were the principal exhibits:—By Miss F. M. 
Campbell, Victorian fungi in illustration of her paper; by Mr. J. P. 
Chirnside, gum with insects imbedded from Central Africa; by Mr. 
G. Coghill, orchid, Prasophyllum intricatum, in bloom; by Mr. T. A. 
Forbes-Leith, a pair of Indian parrakeets, Palwornis cyanocephalus; 
by Mr. C. French, four specimens of birds of paradise, Paradisea 
raggiana; by Mr. R. Hall, a collection of aquatic insects; by Master 
G. E. Ell, coleoptera ; by Master H. Hill, lepidoptera; by Mr. H. 
Kennon, large mussel shells from Fiji; by Mr. D. MeAlpie, some 
interesting anatomical specimens, comprising preparations of the frog, 
portions of skeletons of the pigeon and the rabbit, with lithographed 
plates of same, also a young skate with yelk-bag attached, as found in 
its egg-case, commonly known as a mermaid’s purse; by Mr. J. N. 
McKibbin, 170 species of coleoptera; by Mr. A. J. North, letter- 
winged kite, Klanus scriptus, with egg; by Mr. F. Reader, plants 
collected around Warragul; and by Mr. S. H. Wintle, F.L.S., a 
large topaz, said to be the largest in the world, displaying the true 
crystalline structure of the topaz, found in a tin mine in Tasmania, 
three feet below the surface. 
After the usual conversazione the meeting terminated. 
TO WILSONS PROMONTORY OVERLAND. 
By J. B. Gregory, LL.M., any A. H. S. Lucas) MCAS 
Part 4. 
: 
Tne silted and sanded up embouchures of the Derby and Tidal 
Rivers afforded a home for colonies of plants which we did not see 
elsewhere. We had first at the entrance of the Derby to fight our 
way through a tangle of tall and thickset bushes of Styphelia Richer, 
and Lwocarpus cupressiformis, which were in berry, and furnished 
the only edible fruits which Nature provided for us in our journey. 
The Victorian Bush is as inhospitable as its settlers of all classes 
are hospitable. Stout bushes of Aster glutescens, Cryptandra Hookert, 
