364 MOSSES OF THE YARRANGOBILLY CAVES DISTRICT, N.S.W., 



the north, the other from Kiandra, on the south. The Hostel 

 stands in a valley between these two roads. Facing it, beyond 

 the gardens, is a tine cliff where many good things were collected. 

 Up the valley is a gully from which water, beautifully clear and 

 cool, is supplied to the house : this I have called the Reservoir 

 Gully. The residence of the Caves guide, Mr. Bradley, stands at 

 the bottom of a short gully that leads northward to the road 

 from the Village: and beyond that road, to the north, is a very 

 fine gully headed by a series of falls. This is the ''gully beyond 

 Yarrangobilly Road." In the opposite direction, south of the 

 Hostel, and across the Kiandra Road, is a similar gully leading 

 up to Falls and rocky heights that are of exceptional interest 

 to the bryologist : this is the "gully beyond Kiandra Road." 

 Below the Hostel, towards the river and up the gorge, are the 

 Caves. The "Glory Hole" is the huge entrance to the oldest of 

 these. In the opposite direction, down tlie river, are the Hot 

 Springs and Baths; and between the Hostel and the Baths, and 

 close round the Springs, in swampy ground, I was rewarded with 

 many treasures. This locality was richest in new species. Yet 

 again, perhaps half-a-mile up the Kiandra Road, is a swamp where 

 some fine things were found, including the rare Meesea Mnelleri. 

 Higher up, on the main road to Kiandra, is another swamp, where 

 Pohlia nutans, Leptobryum pyriformp, and other species grow in 

 profusion. Here were collected the only )Sphagna 1 secured on 

 the trip, all the specimens being deteimined by Dr. Warnstorf as 

 S. subbicolor Hampe. 



The geology of the Caves district is of great interest, not only 

 in itself, but in relation to the characteristic plant life. The 

 following notes, therefore, kindly supplied by Mr. E. C. Andrews, 

 B.A., of the New South Wales Department of Mines, are fittingly 

 included here. 



"The Geology of the Yarrangobilly district is varied, embracing 

 the Tertiary leads and basalts, the Devonian conglomerates, clay- 

 stones, shales and limestones of Lobb's Hole, the magnificent 

 Silurian limestones of Yarrangobilly itself, and the older tufis and 

 allied rocks of Kiandra. The naturalist may gather fine collec- 

 tions of fossils from the Devonian and Silurian strata; and the 



