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the growth of the mistletoe. Thoiigh these young plants do 

 not carry any flowers or fruit to assist in their determination, 

 one of them, which was about seven inches in length of shoot, 

 with an aerial root thirteen inches long, was taken from a 

 Swamp Gum, E. ovata, under a Mealy Stringybark on which 

 was L. celastroidcs, and the invariable absence of aerial roots 

 from recognizable L. pcndiilns justifies the view that all these 

 small plants with aerial roots are referable to L. celastroicles. 

 In addition to the species mentioned as hosts, L. celastroidcs 

 was found on Casuarina suberosa and C. quadrivalvis (the 

 latter near the coast), on Acacia mollissima. Black ^^'attle. 

 and a young plant of a Loranthus with aerial roots on a haw- 

 thorn hedge on the Mornington road south of Frankston. In 

 one instance this Mistletoe had extended its aerial roots along 

 eight or nine feet of the trunk of a tree. Mr. C. C. Brittlebank, 

 Government Vegetable Pathologist, has told me that aerial 

 roots are known to occur on a Mistletoe in New South Wales, 

 but was not able to name the species. In Brandis's " Indian 

 Trees " it is mentioned that aerial roots occur on some species 

 of Loranthus. On some of the plants the larvae of the Mistletoe 

 Butterfly, Delias harpalyce, Don., were observed, while some 

 were pupating. Following the suggestion of Mr. Mann as to 

 our route, we left the three-chain road and ascended the north 

 slopes of ]\lount Eliza to Humphries-road, passing through fine 

 heath grounds on the way. with abundance of flowers, and 

 stopped for lunch on the edge of a clearing, from whence we 

 had fine \-iews over Western Port Bay, with French Island 

 and Phillip Island, the upper end of the bay merging into the 

 low lands of the Koo-wec-rup Swamp, and the hills beyond 

 forming a Inickground. At the first house reached on 

 Humphries-road we noticed, planted in the garden. Scarlet- 

 flowering Gums. Callistemon, Hakca laurina, Agonis fiexuosa. 

 and a fine tall Golden Wattle. On this road we passed an 

 abundance of Eucalyptus coriacea. White Sallee, and noticed 

 Swamp Gums on high and not obviously wet land. Flowers 

 were seen on the Swamp Gums. The Manna Gum. E. 

 viminalis, was soon the predominant species, and as we reached 

 the coast Casuarina quadrivalvis, the Drooping Sheoak. now 

 in full flower, took the place of the other species. A third 

 Cassytha, of stronger growth, also occurs here — C. niclantlia. 

 Other flowers noted include Acacia suaveolcus, a fasciated 

 branch of which is exhibitetl, Correa spcciosa, Hibhcrtia stricia. 

 H. Jasciculata and H. densiflora, Asiroloma humijusa, and 

 Banksia marginata. Mr. Mann had ver\- kindly sent to me 

 previously an invitation for the i)arty to come to his residence 

 for afternoon tea, and to see his garden, in which he has 

 planted many native plants, several of which were noticed 



