BY HENKY TRYON. 
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stung suffered great pain, and in the early stage real agony. 
Although the blue took away all the pain there is still a raised 
cord at each spot the tail touched.” — H.T.] 
PLANT CLASSIFICATION. 
BY 
Henry Tryon. 
(Read on 20th April, 1893). 
[This was an exposition of the system of classification 
applied^ by Baron F. von Mueller to Australian plianerogamic 
vegetation as the outcome of his own investigation and in accord- 
ance with the views of the leading European continental 
botanists, special attention being drawn to his distribution of 
the orders embraced in Monochlamydem, amongst those to which 
the} were naturally allied, instead of maintaining them separately 
as an artificial group of plants.— Ed.] Vide “ Queenslander " 
29tli April, 1898. 
GEOLOGY OF THE GLASSHOUSE MOUNTAINS. 
BY 
Henry G. Stokes, F.G.S. 
(Read on 18th May, 1893). 
Briefly to allude to what is already known concerning the 
Glasshouse Mountains, it may be remarked that the literature 
relating to the geology of this district is somewhat meam-e 
and conflicting. The following extract, bearing on the subie°ct 
taken from a letter of Ludwig Leichhardt’s, dated 4th 
Seplemb., 1843 Arch,, Station, Bnnj. Bnoja, .ppe,„ 
Cooksland . ‘ Last Saturday I returned from a three davs^ 
trip to the Glass Houses. . . . h' h ^ 
Beriwah-is about 1,000 feet high, and Is composed of a'r!^ 
entirely different from the surro unding mountains. I have seen 
* “ Cooksland” : 1^ 
