Che Queensland naturalist. 
JOURNAL OF THE OUEENSLAM) N ATURALISTS’ CI>UH 
AND nature-lovers' LEAGUE. 
V^)L. IV. September, 1923 Xo. 2. 
PROCEEDINGS. 
April — August, 1923. 
Evening Meeting, 23rd Aijril. — The principal subject 
nas a talk by the President (Mr. C. T. White), on the 
jlora of Bellenden Ker Ranges, Nortli-East (Queensland. 
Mr. White, accomiuinied by Mr. A. L. Merrolsy and Mr. 
E. W. Bick. had recently ascended the central peak of the 
Bellenden Ker Ranges, and coll> 0 cted sjjecimens of the 
flora. The flora of the ranges is interesting, as it is the 
northern limit in Australia of several ^Southern types, 
such as Dracoitliyllum and Drimys, and on the other 
hand, is interesting as eontaining such Himalayan types 
such as Agapetes and Rliododeudron. The trip was un- 
dertaken principally to collect seeds of two species of 
Mangosteen, viz., Garcinia Mestoni and G. Gibbsae, 
which grow on the ranges in abundance at altitudes 
from 1,700 to 4.700 feet. The seeds were desired by the 
United States Department of Agriculture, who are 
anxious to use these plants as stocks, and for hybridis- 
ing purposes with the ordinary mangosteen. This latter 
can only be grown under definitely tropical conditions. 
Exhibits at the meeting were: — Collection of col- 
oured sands from Noosa. by Mr. Hermann; specimens of 
j.'lants and mantis egg case, by Mr. Wheeler. A case of 
butterflies by Mr. Illidge. 
Evening Meeting. 21st May. — A lecture was de- 
livered by Mr. IL A. Longman, P.L.S. (Director, Queens- 
land Museum), on Prehistoric Nature,” of which the 
following is a summary:- — 
Although the study of fossil bones did not sound at- 
tractive. the lecturer showed that it tinveiled a large 
iiumbcr of very wonderful organisms, and gave vivid 
luetures of the long panorama of extinct life which 
stretched hack through one hundred millions of years. 
