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Oxylohium alpestre, F. v. M., seemed more brilliant than ever. 

 Not far away we secured a great rarity in Prostauthera tvalteri, 

 F. V. M., curious on account of its large greenish flowers. This 

 shrub had only been recorded twice before, originally by Mr. C. 

 Walter, on Mount EUery, East Gippsland, and subsequently in 

 New South Wales. Kunzea 7nuelleri, Bentham, was here much 

 finer than on Mount Hotham, probably through not being so 

 exposed to the wind. Only one or two plants of Kunzea corifolia, 

 Reich., with purple flowers, were met with ; this has not previously 

 been recorded from the N.E. Another yellow-flowered shrub 

 was Eriostemon alpinis, F. v. M., while Comesperma retusum, 

 Lab., was much dwarfer and of a deeper magenta than C. 

 ericinum, D. C. The curious Epacrid, Richea gunnii, J. 

 Hooker, with singular yellowish-white flowers, grew in large 

 patches in the swampy ground. A large composite, Podolepis 

 longipedata, R. Br., was not quite open. The rare Veronica nivea, 

 Lindley, with pale lavender flowers, was not very plentiful. Perhaps 

 one of the most charming flowers met with on the summit was 

 Epacris heteronema, Lab., with clusters of flowers of the purest 

 white ; this grew principally along the banks of the stream. Spren- 

 gelia incarnata, Smith, was quite at home in the boggy ground. The 

 Eriostemons, E. trymalioides, F. v. M., E. j^hulicifolius, F. v. M., 

 and E. myoporoid es, F. v. M., were all met with ; but then more 

 than half our Eriostemons are found in the N.E. division, while 

 several are peculiar to it only. Bceckea gunniana, Schauer, 

 with minute flowers, and B. diffusa, Sieber, the leaves of the 

 former having a very pleasant odour, were added to our list. 

 Gaultiera hispida, R. Br., was found in fruit. The umbellifers, 

 Oreomyrrhis andicola, Endlicher, and Daucus brachiatus, 

 Sieber, were found in fruit only. Sccevola hooJceri, F. v. M., 

 belonging to the Goodeniaceae, was fairly common. A very 

 small plant was Pidtencea fasciculaia, Benth. Amongst the 

 orchids were found Prasophylhim foiscum, R. Br., P. patens, 

 R. Br., P. alpinum, and Thelymitra longifolia, Forster. The 

 only Drosera found was D.peltata, Smith. Claytonia australasica. 

 Hooker, was growing almost in the water. The leaves only of 

 Caltha introloba, F. v. M., a beautiful member of the Ranun- 

 culacese, were found, also a yellow-flowered variety of Diane/la 

 revoluta, R. Br. Diligent search was made in the numerous 

 depressions containing water for specimens of pond life for absent 

 members of the Club, but nothing was found visible to the naked 

 eye. 



Having spent a most enjoyable afternoon wandering about this 

 botanist's paradise, about five o'clock we commenced the descent, 

 which was accomplished much more quickly than our climb in 

 the morning, and soon after seven we were having our final dip 

 in the Eurobin. Tea having been disposed of, it was necessary 



