BY R. H. CAMBAGE. 701 



distant blending of wliicb gave a brightness to the open forest, 

 and formed a beautiful setting, in one of Nature's many artistic 

 designs. 



Olearia argophyUa (Musk-Tree), which grows to a height of 

 over 20 feet, and is regarded as the largest Composite in the 

 world, is growing in the sheltered portions of Mount Coree, 

 associated with Dicksonia antarctica and Bedfordia salicitia, tiius 

 showing that the locality is not exposed to the western or drv 

 atmosphere, but is in a zone of moisture resulting from a good 

 rainfall on the mountain-side. In this, and similar sheltered 

 situations within the Federal Territory, the Lyre Bird, Menura 

 siiperba, has its home. 



List of Plants. 



The following is a list of plants seen within the Federal Capital 

 Territory : — 



HEPATlCEiE : Marchanfia polyiHorpJia L., (a cosmopolitan 

 species). 



GvATHEACE.E : Dicksouia antm'ctica Labill., (Tree-ferns on 

 Mount Coree). 



POLYPODIACE^ : Dryopteris punctata (Thunb.) C. Chr., {Poly- 

 podium puuctatnm Thunb. j, Polyslichum acnleatum (L.) Schott, 

 [Aspidium aculeatum Swartz), Aspleuium flahellifolium Cav., 

 Pleurosorua i uti/oliics (H.Br.), Jj/echuwm cartilagineuni iiw., B. 

 discolor (Forst.) Keys., {Lomaria discolor Willd), B. penua- 

 marina (Foir.) Kuhn, [Lonuwia alpiiia Spreng.j, B . capeiise (Li.) 

 Schlecht., {L. capensis Willd.), Cheilauthes tenuifolia Sw., (plants 

 up to 1 foot 9 inches on Black Mountain), Adiantum cethiopicum 

 L., (Maiden-Hair Fern), Pteridium aquilinum L. Kuhn., {Pteris 

 aquiliiia L., Bracken), Pulypodiiun diver sifolium Willd., (P. 

 scandeiis Labill). 



PiNACEiE : Callitris calcarata R.Br., (Black or Mountain Pine). 



TypHACEiE : Typha augitsti/olia L., (Bullrush, in Canbury 

 Creek and other streams). 



PoTAMOGEToNACEiE : Fotamoyeton tricarinatus F.v.M. & A. 

 Benn., [P. natans Benth., non L ), P. perfoliatus L. 



JuNCAGiNACEiE ; Tviglochin proceva R.Br. 



