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stones on the track, we pass through a veritable garden of 

 flowers, in which Epacris imprcssa in all its shades, just past 

 its best, the brilliant Grevillea alpina, the Purple Coral Pea, 

 Hardenhergia munophylla, the Gorse Bitter Pea, Daviesia 

 ttlicina, several Rice-flowers, Pimelca linifolia, P. flava, P. 

 cnrviflora, P. axiflora, just opening, the variable Hovea, the 

 Dusty Miller, Spyridiinn parvifolium, dainty clumps of Eye- 

 bright, Euphrasia collina, the Golden Heath, Styphelia 

 adscendens, freely shedding its flowers, the three Astrolomas, 

 the Truncate Phebalium, with its white flowers, and Golden 

 Hibbertias or Guinea-flowers, &c., made a varied display 

 beneath Acacias, Leptospcrmums, and Eucalypts. 



Passing over a moss-covered face of rock, we see on its 

 surface a profusion of glittering Sundews or Droseras, amid 

 which is an occasional Buttercup and many fairy-like Rock 

 Pansies, Utricularia dichotoma. The ever-welcome Bushy 

 Heath-Myrtle, Thrypiomcnc Milchelliana, the glory of the 

 Grampians, is in fine flower. Acacia Milchcllii is bearing pods 

 in place of flowers. The Pultena^as are mostly in bud. A few 

 plants of Conospcrmum Mitchcllii, attractive buds and large 

 white flowers of Woolly Tea-tree, Leptospermum myrsinoides, 

 the Prickly Grevillea, G. aquifolium, and the Horny Cone-bush, 

 Isopogon ccvalophyllus, lend A^ariety amid the more showy 

 plants. The Everlastings and Olearias were hardly as yet 

 in bud. 



Surmounting this spur, our course is easier to the north- 

 west, and we descend gradually to a creek almost hidden in the 

 tangle of ferns, tea-trees, and rushes, where we gladly lunch 

 and rest after our fairly arduous climb. Resuming the track, 

 which again ascends, we pass through patches of Spike Acacia, 

 with A. longifolia and A. myrtijolia in less profusion. Occasion- 

 ally, Hakea riigosa, Banksia marginata (dwarfed in size), the 

 Cypress Pine, Callitris ciiprcssiforinis, and Casuarina stricia 

 are seen, and also single specimens of the Geebung, Persoonia 

 rigida, the Leaflets Currant Bush, Leptomeria aphylla, in fruit, 

 and the Scarlet Bottlebrush, Callistemon coccineus. The 

 eucalypts are mainly Messmate, E. obliqua, Red Stringybark, 

 E. macrorrhyncha , with occasionally a Narrow-leaved Pepper- 

 mint, E. amygdalina, whilst the Grampians Gum, E. alpina, 

 occurs on the ridges. 



From our camping-place there was a fairly steep ascent. 

 At the same place where it grew last year we found the 

 Turquoise Berry, Drymophila cyanocarpa, rather a rare plant 

 in the Grampians. Near it also, but not flowering, was the 

 handsome climber. Clematis aristala. Another climber noticed 

 was the Solid Apple Berry, Billardiera scandcns, whilst the 

 graceful blue Love Creeper, Covicspcrma volubilc, enriched 



