io8 Campbell, A Census of Grampian Plants. [^ octobl^' 



the " N.W. region, from the sources of the watercourses in the 

 north-west to the Murray," for about Mount Wihiam streams 

 which eventuahy empty into the Wimmera take their rise. 



The plan adopted by Mr. SuUivan in the Southern Science 

 Record, of stating the general conditions under which each 

 species grew, was both interesting and educational. 



In the A.A.A.S. 1890 list there is a total of 550 species of 

 Phanerogams and Acotyledoneae for the Grampians. Forty- 

 five of these were recorded for the first time lor the south- 

 western region of Victoria.* No less than eight common plants, 

 however, are overlooked, though they are recorded as Pyrenees 

 only. I venture to suggest that this is due to clerical error, 

 which might not have occurred had the Pyrenees plants not 

 been associated with the Grampians list. Some species, like 

 Drimys aromatica, appear to be doubtful, for in the " Census " 

 the bare name appears without any reference whatever to 

 locality. I wish to point out, further, that I think Mr. Sullivan 

 overstepped the geographical margin of the Grampians in 

 certain instances. I find such species as Myosiirus minimus, 

 Samoliis repens, Polygonum minus, and Selliera radicans referred 

 to in the marginal notes of Southern Science Record list as per- 

 taining to saline flats, brackish creeks, and clay banks of creeks. 

 Now, such localities do not occur in the Grampians, but possibly 

 refer to the vicinity of Moyston, 8 miles aw^ay, the village where 

 Mr. Sullivan lived. Styphelia strigosa, I have little hesitation 

 in saying, belongs properly to the low, gold-bearing, Ordo- 

 vician ridges near the Grampians, and not to the Grampians 

 themselves. The genera Eryngium, Velleya, Lepidium, Calo- 

 cephalus, and Swainsona savour of the rich plains adiacent, 

 and not of the old red sandstones. I contend that a plant 

 census of the Grampians should confine itself to those plants 

 actually growing upon the mountains' sandy strata. The 

 direct influence of the rock peculiar to the Grampians ceases 

 when the step is taken on to the clay or loam of the Tertiary 

 plains about their base. 



The Field Naturalists' Club added sixteen species to the list 

 of the Grampian flora {Vict. Nat., viii.. p. 181), as the result of 

 its excursion to the mountains in November, 1891. Three of 

 these — namely. Glycine tahacina, Styphelia australis, and Caleya 

 minor — were new records for the south-western region. Not till 

 1905 were any further additions made, when Mr. G. Weindorfer 

 published a list in Vict. Nat., vol. xxii., p. 48, which added no 

 less than forty-four species,| four of which, again — Comesperma 



* In Vict. Nat., x., p. 159, and xix., p. 104, appear many additions to 

 geographic distributions of the " Key." 



f Note. — One of these, Prostartthera denticulata, was probably col- 

 lected on the hills near Stawell en route to the Grampians. It is not 

 found on the mountains. — A. G. C. 



