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Hinulia quoyii and Liolepisma metallicum. Mr. T. S. Hart, of 

 Brighton, has kindly named some of the principal plants found, of 

 which altogether there were sixty-five species : — Orchids.- — Dim is 

 pedunculata, D. sidphurea, Thelymitra ixioides, Caladenia carnea, 

 C. patersoni, Prasophyllum patens, Microtis parvifolia, Pterostylis 

 cucullala, P. longifulia; also, Playianthus pnlcliellns, Podolepis 

 acuminata, Arthropodium paniculatum, Limnanihemun ex- 

 altatum, I'atersonia longiscapa. We were favoured with a 

 beautiful day, and the trip proved more of a pleasant afternoon's 

 outing than one for collecting. Two of the members tried some 

 waterholes for pond life, but so far nothing of importance has been 

 reported. Some of the members returned by an early train, the 

 remainder leaving by one at 6.30 p.m. — E. Halford Hennell. 



EXCURSION TO MOUNT CORRANWARRABUL. 



Three members left town by the 7 a.m. train on Prince of Wales' 

 Birthday to take part in the first Club excursion to this part of 

 the Dandenong Ranges, and were joined by the leader and other 

 members at various stations, so that when gathered together on 

 the Croydon platform the party numbered eight members, 

 including one lady, and four friends, two of whom were ladies. 

 Owing to only two names having been given in to the leader pre- 

 viously, no arrangements had been made for a conveyance over 

 the four miles and a half of somewhat uninteresting country 

 which has to be traversed before the ascent of the mountain is 

 commenced. Consequently this distance had to be done on foot, 

 and gave lime for glancing at the flora as we went along. About 

 a mile from the station the ladies gallantly allowed the gentlemen 

 to go on ahead, with the hope of meeting later on ; but, unfor- 

 tunately, this did not take place. In due course we arrived at 

 the scene of the land-slip of twelve months ago. Here we halted 

 for a few minutes for refreshment, and then followed the road up 

 the side of the spur to the crest of the ridge, noting on our way 

 such plants as Clematis aristata, Piiltewcea juniperina, Lobelia 

 browniana, Grevillea alpina, Veronica deiwentia, &c. On arrival 

 at the crest we decided to make for the " trig." station and get 

 what view we could of the distant city, &c. On our way we 

 obtained good specimens of Marchantia, with both male and 

 female organs, and noted Glycine clandestine^ Goodia lotijolia, 

 Pimelia hypericina, Senecio bedfordi, &c, tree ferns and other 

 smaller kinds. On arrival at the cairn we found the country to 

 be so clouded in mist and haze that little was to be seen, so we 

 made our way down to the head of a beautiful fern gully, on 

 the eastern slope of the range, where we found a good spring of 

 water, and camped for lunch, which was despatched with apparent 

 relish. Here we found the orchid Chiloyldtis gunnii growing on 



