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ville Station in this dark hole, seeing nothing, but feeling much. 
Occasionally we stopped to pick up more passengers until not 
another one could be taken on. In spite of the inconvenience 
of the ride we were very thankful that we were not trudging 
along the road in the rain and darkness. 
Hurstville found us a happy band of naturalists compar- 
ing notes, and our collection of spoils, but we were minus our 
leader, Mr. Cheel, who left the ’bus at Penshurst. 
The following list of flowers, fruits, trees, lichens and fungi 
were collected or identified during our excursion :— 
In flower.—Acacia longifolia, A. suaveolens, A. discolor, 
A. linifolia, A. juniperina, Pimelia linifolia, Epacris pulchella, 
K. longiflora, E. longiflora var. alba, Styphelia laeta, S. tubi- 
flora, Leucopogon setiger, L. juniperina, Astroloma humifusum, 
Lissanthe strigosa, Grevillea mucronulata, G. sericea, Banksia 
spinulosa, Bossiaea heterophylla, Hibbertia Billardiera, H. dif- 
fusa, Casuarina suberosa, Caladenia alba, Correa speciosa var. 
viridis, Loranthus pendulus, Rapanea variabilis or Myrsine 
variable, Notothixos incanus, Omphacomeria acerba. 
- Fruit—Hakea dactyloides, H. acicularis, Exocarpus cupres- 
siformis, Leptomeria acida, Bursaria spinosa, Smilax glycy- 
phylla, Acacia falcata. ; 
Trees.—Brachychiton populneus or Sterculia diversifolia, 
Synearpia laurifolia, Angophora lanceolatus, Eucalyptus longi- 
folia, E. haemostoma, E. corymbosa, E. piperita, E. pilularis. 
Lichens.—Ramalina yemenesis, an Hepatic, Stictina Mou- 
geotina var. xantholoma. 
Fungi—Polyporus  ochroleuca, Polystietus cinnabarina, 
Schizophylum commune. 
Hitpa M. Crispo. 
EXCURSION TO ENGADINE. 
On September 14th a whole day excursion was held to 
Engadine, under the able leadership of Mr. B. ‘Cheel. The 
party, which comprised some 30 members, and several visitors— 
left Sydney by the 8.20 am. train, and proceeded from En- 
gadine Station towards the Woronora River—a walk of about 
2% miles. The level country above the gully yielded interesting 
specimens of a low shrubby vegetation. Many of these plants 
are xerophytes, and show excellent adaptation to the dry ex- 
posed conditions under which they live, chiefly by reducing 
transpiration by the thickening of the cuticle, the sinking of 
