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The Queensland Naturalist. August, 193?, 
SPECIAL MEETING, THURSDAY, APRIL 1st, 
1936. — The chair was occupied by the President (Dr. W. 
Ii. Bryan), and about thirty members were present. Mr. 
G. II. II. Tait, M.A., of the American Museum of Natural 
History, New York, gave a most interesting account of the 
work of the Archbold expedition on the Middle-Fly region 
of Papua. Mr. L. J. Brass showed a series of beautiful 
photographs of the region. Mr. W. R. Petrie exhibited a 
specimen of the fruit of the Omphalea queenslandiae grown 
on his property at Petrie. The vine was known in North 
Queensland as “Blackfellow’s Magic,’' and the fruits 
regarded by both natives and whites as delicious eating. 
EVENING MEETING, APRIL 19th, 1936.— The 
chair was occupied by the President (Dr. W. H. Bryan), 
and thirty-five members were present. Miss Heales and 
Dr. A. II. Richards were elected members of the club. 
Reports on the excursion to Canungra were given by Dr. 
E. 0. Marks (Geology). Dr. D. A. Herbert, and Mr. S. T. 
Blake (Botany), Mr. F. A. Perkins (Entomology), and 
Mr. J. E. Young (General Zoology). Reports on the ex- 
cursion to Gold Creek were given by Dr. W. H. Bryan 
{ Geology), Mr. S. T. Blake (Botany), and Mrs. W. M. 
Mayo, and Mr. N. Jack (Ornithology). 
* EVENING MEETING, MAY 17th, 1936.— The chair 
was occupied by the President (Dr. W. II. Bryan), and 
about forty members were present. Mr. A. E. Reuter was 
elected a member of the club. Short talks on the geology 
and botany of the recent excursion to Mt. Mee were given 
by Dr. E. 0. Marks and Mr. S. T. Blake, respectively. 
The principal business of the evening was the delivering 
of a number of lecturettes on the study of Queensland 
natural history, Fungi, by Dr. D. A. Herbert; Queensland 
Ferns, Miss D. A. Goy; Sedges and Grasses, Mr. S. T. 
Blake ; and Minerals, Dr. W. II. Bryan. 
EVENING MEETING, JUNE 21st, 1936.— The chair 
was occupied by the President (Dr. W. H. Bryan), and 
33 members were present. Mr. A. Phillips was elected a 
member of the club. The principal business of the even- 
ing was a lecture on the Birds of Tasmania by Mr. G. H. 
Barker, based on observations made by him on a recent 
visit there. Dr. W. H. Bryan gave a few notes on the 
geology of Cape Moreton, and Mr. S. T. Blake spoke on 
some of the botanical features of the area, and exhibited 
specimens of some unusual grasses and sedges. Exhibits 
included sandstone from Cape Moreton, and pumice and 
ash from Rabaul by Dr. E. 0. Marks. Photographs show- 
ing vegetation types at Cape Moreton and Mt. Mee were 
shown by Mr. S. T. Blake, and yam-like growth from De- 
ception Bay by Mr. F. Kunze. 
