64 AuDAs, Chavactevisiic Vegetation about Yavvam. fy^' 



Vict. Nat. 

 XXXV. 



cinerascens, .Pimelea humilis, Ranunculus lappaceus, and 

 Goodenia geniculata. 



Detraining at Alberton, a northerly course was taken for 

 Yarram, four miles distant, which I made my headquarters 

 during the visit. " Yarram " — correctly speaking, " Yarram 

 Yarram" — is an aboriginal name meaning "Beautiful 

 beautiful." The place was originally a favourite camping- 

 ground of the natives, and the actual site on which the town- 

 ship is built was the spot where the aboriginals gathered for 

 corroborees, &c. The township came into existence about 

 thirty years ago, and is up-to-date, well laid out, and progressive, 

 being electrically lighted and containing some fine buildings — 

 namely, three large hotels, hospital, banks, post-office, and 

 others. 



On the day after arrival an interesting trip to Gellion's Run 

 was undertaken. It is attractive countrj^ close to the coast, 

 on Corner Inlet, between Port Welshpool and Port Albert. 

 Leaving at ii a.m., the drive was through Alberton. Taking the 

 first turn to the right off the main road and crossing the Albert 

 River, we turned into a track to the left. The recent rains 

 had made the going very heavy, and water seemed to be every- 

 where. There was little to observe botanically in this flat, 

 swampy ground over which we drove, the vegetation consisting 

 chiefly of Swamp Paper-bark, Melaleuca ericifolia, and Swamp 

 Gum, Eucalyptus ovata. After about half an hour's drive, 

 crossing, en route, Muddy Creek, we reached the entrance to 

 the run. Advancing, the face of the country changed, and 

 beautiful park-like scenery came into view, where Banksia, 

 Casuarina, Exocarpus, Leucopogon, Hakea, Acacia, Cassinia, 

 Pultenaea, Myoporum, and Eucalyptus were the principal 

 genera. The undergrowth consisted chiefly of a multiplicity 

 of small shrubby plants such as Pultencsa capitata, Hibhertia 

 virgata, Epacris microphylla, Dillwynia ericifolia, Bossicva 

 cinerea, Daviesia tdicina, Aotus villosa, Ricinocarpus pinifolius, 

 Olearia glutinosa, and the broad-podded Platylobium formosum. 

 The predominant colour of the flowers was yellow, which gave 

 the landscape a bright hue. Notable exceptions of colour 

 were Tetratheca pilosa, the magenta-coloured flowers of which 

 were a feature of the hillocks, also CcBsia vittata, of a rich blue, 

 and Comesperma ericinnm, which produces masses of small 

 pinkish-coloured blooms. 



The soil was sandy, and it seemed to me that the ground 

 over which this vegetation had spread was originally sand 

 hummocks. A stop was made for lunch in a sheltered hollow, 

 and after that repast we proceeded further, negotiating a few 

 hillocks until a small plain was reached, where a forest of the 

 Common Grass-tree, Xanthorrhcca australis, was seen in full 



