554 Proceedings: 
2. ‘* Contributions to a Flora of the Nelson Provincial District,’ by 7, 
F. Cheeseman, F.L.S. (Transactions, p. 301). 
8. ‘Revision of the New Zealand Cossonide, with Descriptions of new 
Species,” by Captain T. Broun, M.E.S. (Reserved for separate publication). 
_ 4. “ Recent Advances in Photography,” by J. Martin, F.G.S.”’ 
ABSTRACT. 
In this paper (which was fully illustrated with experiments) the author 
traced the progress of photography up to the present time, giving a full 
account of the new platinum process, by which pictures that are not affected 
by heat, acids, or light, can be readily produced, and which resemble mezzo- 
_ dant engravings rather than photographs. 
Srxta Meretinc. 15th November, 1881. 
T. Peacock, President, in the chair. 
New Members.—Captain Filder, H. N. Garland, W. H. Grace, J. Haslett, 
W. C. Kensington, Rev. D. W. Runciman, G. W. Williams, H. 8. S 
1. “New Species of Cerambycide,’ by Captain T. Broun. (Reserved 
for separate publication). : 
_ 2. “Notice of the Occurrence of the Australian Roller (Eurystomus pact- 
i i in New Zealand,” by T. F. Cheeseman, F.L.8. (Transactions, p. ~ 
. _8. “Notes on various Subjects,” by James Baber, C.E. 
Passifiora tetrandra. 
On allotment 86, East Waiuku, the property of Mr. Marshall, three 
years ago, I was passing a specimen of this climber so singular that I 
A stopped to sketch and measure it. 
Attached to a branch of a small taua tree, about 18 inches diameter at its 
butt, and at a height which I guessed to be 85 feet, depended a vine which 
reached the ground, and had a diameter of 84 inches. On the ground, like 
a rope cable, was spread a coil and a half of the plant. The coil was circular 
and its diameter 12 feet. By multiplying the diameter by 3}, the length of 
the plant was 56 feet 6 inches lying on the ground, while the distance from 
the ground to the branch of attachment was not more than 35 feet; in other 
words, nearly two-thirds of the round stem of the vine were on the ground. : 
How came the plant to grow in this singular shape?’ Probably the vie 
_ grew up the stem of the tana, formed a firm attachment to the branch from 
_ Which it still hangs, the branch bore it out into the air, having little pre- 
__ hensile power its weight caused it to leave the stem by which it had« a 
: ‘Borne further out horizontally by the growth of the branch, but not 
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