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eucalypts, and, prettiest of all, Kunzea peduncularis. Here, 

 too, the Prickly Box, Bursaria s2n7iosa, grows plentifully, but at 

 this time lacking the glory of bloom and the myriads of insects — 

 bee, bug, beetle, and the like — vyhich made it so conspicuous in 

 January. The entomologists of the party had, therefore, to turn 

 their attention to the less showy plants, and to decayed logs and 

 semi-detached bark for their captures. 



In the afternoon we struck easterly, along the railway line, 

 towards Yarra Junction, and found within the railway enclosure, 

 and thus protected against browsing animals, well-developed 

 specimens of plants which, owing to their scarcity in or absence 

 from roadway and adjacent paddocks, seemed the more conspicu- 

 ous. Here Goodenia ovata was plentiful but much disfigured by 

 insects; the Native Primrose, G. geniculota, Billardiera scandens, 

 the Trigger Plant, Candvllta scmdala (perhaps better known as 

 Stylidium, and of deeper shade of pink than is commonly seen), 

 Arthropodium strictum, BurcJiardia uinbellata, and Wahlenbergia 

 gracilis were those mostly in evidence. 



At about two-thirds of the distance to Yarra Junction we left 

 the railway, and, turning northerly, crossed the tongue of fiat land 

 between the Yarra Rivulet and the Yarra to a point where a 

 private bridge over the main stream gave us access to the undu- 

 lating scrub country north of the Yarra, the immediate locality 

 being private property on which stands a house well known locally 

 and to visitors as " Yarra Doon." The afternoon's ramble was 

 rather disappointing, as there were few plants, and none not already 

 enumerated, found beyond the river. The scrub consists ol 

 Cassinia acideata, Aster slellulatKS, Acacia stri</a, young eucaly[)ts, 

 and bracken fern, a few fruitless dwarf ferns sheltering under logs, 

 &c. Indeed, had it not been for the pretty scene at the bridge, 

 which delighted us with its loops of rushing water and banks 

 shaded by lichen-covered trees and shrubs, of which some, such as 

 the willow, have been introduced, this outing, as regards all but 

 the railway enclosure, may be recorded as unprofitable. 



Our geologists, who had meanwhile gone westerly to Woori 

 Yallock, returned in the evening, and the night train brought two 

 members from the city, increasing our number to ten, including 

 two ladies. 



On Sunday morning we made an early start up the Don River 

 valley by the bridge which crosses the Yarra, a stone's throw from 

 our hotel. Beyond the river the country may be divided into 

 three classes, viz., flat, undulating land, and hilly country. The 

 flat proved barren of pleasing or interesting vegetation. It is 

 divided into paddocks for grazing cattle, and only such dwarf 

 plants as are invariably neglected by browsing animals, e.g., 

 Mazi'S pumilio, Isotoma Jlitviadlis, Viola hederaceo, and Aster 

 glandulosvs were found between the clumps of grass and sedge 



