XX11. ABSTRACT OF PROCEEDINGS. 



The following gentleman was duly elected an ordinary 

 member of the Society: — 



Thomas Dick, Merchant, Port Macquarie. 



Mrs. E. R. Fairfax and Mr. A. L. Mullens wrote thank- 

 ing the Society for sympathy in ther recent bereavements. 



Four volumes, 113 parts, 5 reports and 2 calendars were 

 laid upon the table. 



THE FOLLOWING PAPERS WERE READ: 



1. "The Geology of the Jenolan Oaves District," by C. A. 



Sussmilch, f.g.s., and W. G. Stone. Remarks were 

 made by Professor Warren and Mr. B. O. Andrews. 



2. " Two Lord Howe Island Polypodia," by Rev. W. 



Walter Watts. 



3. " Notes on the Native Flora of Tropical Queensland," by 



R. H. Oambage, f.l.s. Remarks were made by Dr. 

 Oleland and Mr. Maiden. 



4. "Some Geo-physical Observations at Burrinjuck," by 



L. A. Cotton, b.a., b.Sc. Remarks were made by 

 Father Pigot. 



5. "Notes on Acacia (with descriptions of new species)," 



No. 1, by J. H. Maiden, f.l.s. 



6. "Eucalyptus australiana and its Essential Oil," by R. T. 



Baker, f.l.s., and H. G. Smith, f.c.s. Remarks were 

 made by Mr. Oambage, Mr. Andrews and Dr. Harker. 



exhibits: 



Mr. E. Oheel exhibited living plants of Acacia intertexta 

 Sieb., and A. longifolia Willd., showing further development 

 since the December, 1914 meeting, when a series of speci- 

 mens were exhibited. (See this Journal xlviii (1914) xxii.) 



The juvenile plants of A. intertexta show the same characteristic 

 thick leathery phyllodes of the parent plants, and it is noticeable 

 that each phyllode is of a bright purplish-red colour at first, which 



