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Kunzea peditncularis, Lasiopetalnm dasyphyllitm (in seed), and 

 Lomatla longijolia. 



Crossing the bridge over the Tyers we entered the Moondarra 

 district, and soon were passing through a patch oi Acacia mitchelii. 

 The road was now rising all the time until we passed the post- 

 office, when we turned off the Walhalla road and found the way 

 much rougher. We walked here for a while to relieve the horses 

 when crossing a creek with steep banks, and collected Ifeli- 

 chrijsum cuneifolmrn on the way. After about five hours' driving 

 we were deposited at Upper Moondarra, and, shouldering our 

 packs, we trudged on to Hotel Creek, where we lunched. With the 

 kind assistance of a local resident we got on to the blazed track 

 along the spur leadmg to the foot of the mountain, and now felt 

 we were fairly on the way to our goal. The track along the spur 

 has frequent ups and downs, and is in parts not very well defined, 

 but the blazed trees kept us from going astray, and we had no 

 difficulty in finding the water in a branch of the Tyers a litde to 

 the left of the track as we approached the mountain. As we 

 went we got Drymophihi cyanocarpa, then just at the end of its 

 blossoming, and at the water Lyonsia straminea. 



The smoke of neighbouring bush fires was so thick that we did 

 not see the mountain until we were right on it, and here the track 

 was unmistakable. The going was easy, and hardly any rocks 

 were encountered until we had arrived at our camping ground, 

 about 4,500 feet above sea level. As we ascended we collected 

 Scaevola hookeri, Australina jnisilla, and Raphanus raphanislrum, 

 but had very little occasion to halt, excepting to recover our wind. 

 By the time we had reached the boulders it was nearly dusk, and 

 we had had quite enougli exercise for the day, for our packs were 

 heavy and the day was hot. Accordingly, it was with much 

 relief that we dropped our burdens under the shelter of a huge 

 boulder as big as a house, which had conveniently fallen on to 

 another smaller brother, and so formed an excellent shelter. 

 Immediately around here Prostanthera nivea, Scaevola hookeri, 

 and Senecio dryadeus were in profusion. Finding no water among 

 the boulders, we had to retrace our steps to a small spring we 

 had passed in order to fill our billies, which we soon had boiling 

 on the stone floor of our shelter. After refreshing ourselves we 

 soon turned into our solitary blanket, in anticipation of an early 

 start next morning, and seeing that we had to finish the ascent of 

 the mountain, do our collecting on the summit, and make our way 

 back over the 12 miles to where we had left our driver in time to 

 be driven to Moe to catch the evening train, this early retirement 

 was certainly called for. The stone floor was hard, the night 

 ftiirly cold, and our covering slight, so that we had no difficulty 

 in rising early. In fact, we anticipated the dawn, took a hurried 

 breakfast, and set off to finish the ascent. Our efforts were soon 

 rewarded. First of all we came on Helichryfium rosmarinifolium 



