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also the Pointed Acacia, A. lon^ifolia, var. iiiiicronata, the 

 Silver Wattle, Acacia dcalbata. Black Wattle. A. decurrens. 

 and .tlie Blackwood. A . inclanoxylun, were found with an 

 occasional spray of bloom still on them. In many cases the 

 stems of the native shrubs were clothed with the pretty blue 

 Love-Creeper. Comesperma voliibile. All along this valley walk 

 the Steavenson River is not very distant from iis. The spaces 

 between the track and river are covered with bracken, and in 

 places large patches of the Common Lomaria. /. . discolor, with 

 the Shield and Bristle Ferns, Aspidiiim dculeatum and Blechniim 

 cartila^ineum : while here and there were groups of the soft- 

 stemmed tree-fern, Dicksonia antarctica, and, standing sentinel- 

 like at spots all along the valley, the very stately Spiny- 

 stemmed Tree-Fern. Alsophiln aiistralis, held aloft its beautiful 

 crown of fronds amongst the eucalypts. Many of tbe other 

 flowering plants noticed on our journey to Marysville w'ere in 

 evidence here also, while the bright red-coloured foliage of the 

 very young sapling eucalypts helped to make the forest appear 

 quite brilliant. Numerous mountain shrubs and plants similar 

 to those niet with in the Dandenong Ranges were noted here, 

 such as the Native ]\Iusk. Aster argophylla. Woolly Tea-tree, 

 Leptospcrmmn lanigerimi. Manuka. L. scoparimn. Blanket-tree, 

 Scnccio Bedfordii, Hazel, Poinadcrris apelala, Christmas-Bush. 

 Prostanthcra lasianthos, Native Mulberry. Hcdycarya angusti- 

 folia. Common Cotton-wood. Cdssinia aculeata. Elderberry 

 Ash. Panax sariihiicifoliiis. and the Black Sedge, (rahuia radula. 

 White Elder. Sainhiiciis Gaitdichaudiana, Tough Pimelea, P. 

 axiflora, and the Sedge (irass. Carex vulgaris, var. Gaudi- 

 chaiidianitm. At one sjwt an exceptionally extensive area of 

 large and robust ])lants of the Native Hop, Daviesia latifolia. 

 was rendered very distinctive by its silvery-grey fohage. 



The Falls are in view for a few hundred yards before we reach 

 the end of the track, and \\\v roaring, foaming mass of water 

 tumbling over the topmost cascade at a height oi about 

 joo feet is a fine sight. The Falls consist of a series ot live 

 cascades. The various widths of the stream as it breaks 

 itself u}) is from three to twelve feet. The last fall has a drop 

 of about 70 feet tf> the river-bed at the bottom. Wc have to 

 stand ancl admire its beauty for some tinn'. and so much 

 enjoyed was this sight that, within the week. \\v \isited the 

 spot on three different occasions. Scrandiling up on the hill 

 at the side of the Falls we find the stitf-foliagcd .\l|)in(' West- 

 ringia. II'. scnifolia. Spreading Heath Myrtle. Backca diffusa. 

 J-Jush-Pea, Pnliouca daplnioidcs. Mountain ( ire\ille;i. (i. alpiiia. 

 I'ale-fruited Ballart, Exucarptis slricla. Small (irass-tree, 

 Xanlliorrhda minor. Box-leaved .Xatiw Ho]), Daviesia iilicina. 

 var. niscifolia, the Small-leaved Pomaderris, P. clachophylla. 



