PROCEEDINGS. 



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Orchide^e. 

 The! jmitra longifolia 



„ ixioides 



Calochilus campestris 

 Diuris maeulata 



„ sulphurea 

 Prasophyllum fuscum 

 „ elatum 



Microtis porrifolia 

 Pterostylis curta 



„ reflexa 



Caleana major 

 Caladenia carnea 



,, alba 



Glossodia major 



Iride^:. 

 Patersonia sericea 



Amaryllide^e. 

 Haemodorum planifolium 



Liliace^:. 

 Smilax glycyphylla 

 Dianella lsevis 



„ caerulea 

 Burchardia umbellata 

 Sowerbya juncea 



Xyride^e. 



Xyris gracilis 



Juncace^e. 



Xanthorrhea hastilis 



,, minor 



Juncus communis 



Eestace^e. 



Restio dimorphus 

 ,, australis 



Eriocaule^:. 



Eriocaulon australe 

 Caustis flexuosa 



Grahineje. 



Panicum crus-galli 

 Anisopogon avenaceus 



LiYCOPODIACEiE, 



Selaginella uliginosa 



Filices. 



Pterisaquilina 

 Davallia dubia 



Discussion. 



The President stated that travelling very much throughout the 

 Colony, he had often heard it remarked that bush fires did good 

 in some districts and not in others. Owing to the absence of 

 bush fires in some parts of the country, a dense scrub springs up 

 over what is generally pretty clear ground, it being stated that the 

 fires burning up the young shoots prevent this scrub from spreading 

 at other times. It would be well to obtain statistics of the effects 

 of fires in various districts, on high and low lands. 



Mr. J. T. Wilshire said that pastoral ists used fires as a means 

 of preventing the growth of noxious weeds. Droughts would also 

 have a great effect on the distribution of species of plants. 



WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 8, 1887. 

 C. S. Wilkinson, F.G.S., President, in the Chair. 

 The minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed. 

 The following gentlemen were duly elected ordinary members, 

 of the Society : — 



Davey, Thomas Garby, M.E., Emmaville • N.S.W. 

 Eaithfull, Robert L., M.D., L.R.C.P. ; Sydney. 

 Huxtable, L. R., M.B., CM. • Sydney. 



