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visitors in the various objects shown under the microscope 
by Dr. Hamlyn Harris (who also exhibited and explained 
apparatus used in mounting specimens), W. R. Colledge 
(2), Miss D. Sutton, Miss Culp in, W. M. Tanner, J. Wedd, 
E. Jarvis and C. W. Holland. 
EVENING MEETING, 22nd JUNE, 1911. 
Chairman ; H. Tryon. Attendance, 14. 
Re'ports : On Excursion to Darra— Entomology, by 
H. Tryon ; Botany, by C. White ; Geology, by S. B. J. 
Skertchly ; Pond Life, by W. R. Colledge. 
Paper : “ Notes on the Song of Thopha saccatu'^ by 
Edmund Jarvis (vide. Transactions, p. 229). 
Exhibits ; By H. Tryon, Insects and galls from Darra. 
By Cyril White — (a) Plants collected at Darra. A specimen 
of interest was the rare Stylidium capillure, R.Br. The 
leaves of Limnanthemum indici{m, an aquatic plant common 
in the Darra Lagoon, were found to be badly infested with 
the fungus ^Ecidium nymphoides, D.C. In Europe the 
connection of this Mcidium with Puccinia scirpi has been 
shown ; only the Mcidium stage, however, is known in 
Australia, (h) Specimen of “ Job’s Tears ” [Coix Lachryma 
— -,Johi) grOAvn and fruited in Brisbane : also the var. Steno- 
carpa from PapUa, a grass well-known in most tropical 
countries. The hardy stony brats surrounding the 
female spikelets are much used in ornamental work ; the 
grain is eaten in time of famine in India. A copy of Vol. XII. 
of Rheede’s “ Hortus Malabaricus,” published in 1703, 
giving an illustration and description of the grass, was 
shown, (c) Photographs of Eugenia Francisii, Bail., and 
Ficus eugenioides, F. v. M., both taken by W. D. Francis, 
of Kin Kin; (^) Specimens of F.antJiium strumarium — 
“Noogooia Buir.” The exhibitor drew attention to the 
fact, mentioned by Professor J. C. Arthur, that the 
two seeds produced by this weed seldom germinate 
in the same year : if one fails the first year, the plant 
has a reserve in the second seed, which grows the follow- 
ing year. In the discussion which followed, S. B. J. 
Skertchly said the fact related had also been brought under 
his notice by Mrs. Cooper, of Nerang. 
EVENING MEETING, 27th JULY, 1911. 
Chairman : H. Tryon. Attendance, 20. 
Report : On Excursion to Buderim Mountain, by 
Cyril White. 
Exhibits : By Cyril White — Plants from Buderim 
Mountain ; South African Cucumber (Cucumis myriocarpus) . 
By R. Illidge — ^Butterflies and Moths captured in Brisbane 
