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Dec. 81, 1909. The Queex.-^i.am) Natukali.st. 
Erythrina vespertilio, or bat’s wing coral tree, is not 
so well known as its near relative, E. imlica, which is grown 
in many of the Brisbane gardens. 
The fact that this tree, unlike Australian trees gener- 
ally, is deciduous, shows that it is not a typical Australian 
tree, but that, like many of the trees in the scrubs east of 
the main range, it is an Asiatic production. The red 
flowers appearing before the leaves give it an attractive 
appearance. It is sometimes eironeously called the “ Flame 
tree,” which name propeily belongs to Sterculia acerifolia. 
List of Plants Collfctfd. 
Anonaceae : Eupomatia laurina. Malvaceae : Abuti- 
lon oxycarpum ; Hibiscus heterophyllus. Meliaceae : 
Flindersia (species). Ampelideae : Vitis opaca. Sapin- 
daceae : Dodonaea viscosa. Leguminosae : Kennedya 
rubicunda ; Hovea acutifolia ; Erythrina vespertilio.- 
Mytaceae : Eugenia Ventenatii : Rhodamnia trinervis ; 
Leptospermum spec : Callistemon saligna. Rosaceae : 
Rubus rosaefolius. Com])ositae : Bacchaiis halimifolia. 
Apocyiiaceae : Caiissa ovata ; Alyxia ruscifolia. Solanaceae : 
Solanum auriculatum : Duboisia myo])oroides. Scrop- 
hularineae : Artanema fimbriatum. Bignoniaceae : 
Tecoma australis. Polygonaceae : Polygonum hydropiper ; 
Muehlenbeckia gracillinia. Thymeleaceae : Pimelea altior. 
Euphorbiaceae : Tragia novae hollandiae : Mallotus 
philippinensis ; Acalypha nemorum : Phyllanthus bris- 
banicus : Alchornea ilicifolia. Laurineae : Litsea dealbata. 
Gramineae ; Cenchrus australis. Cycadaceae : Macrozamia 
spiralis. Scitameneae : Alpina caerulea. Liliaceae : 
Eustrephus latifolius. Filices ■ Pteris falcata ; var. para- 
doxa ; Doodia aspera ; Adiantum hispidulum ; Adiantum 
formosum : Aspidium decompositum. 
A FEW NOTES ON THE HISTORY AND HABITS OF 
THE MONOTREMES. 
By George . Bennett. Corr. M.Z.S.. London. 
This interesting class has occupied the consideration 
of naturalists for a great number of years. 
Echidna hystrix (Porcupine) was first described by 
G. Shaw in the Naturalists Miscellany, Vol. 3, in the year 
1792, under the name of Myrmecophaga aculeata, and 
Ornithorynchus paradoxus (Platypus), in the Naturalists 
Miscellany- Vol. 10, 1799, under the name of Platypus 
anatinus, by Shaw. 
Much speculation was made as to Avhether these 
interesting animals were viviparous or oviparous, and I 
think there can no longer be any doubt that they are ovi- 
