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are very numerous, and the scrub was very dense in places. On 

 crossing the ridge at the foot of Mt. Hunter the slope was so 

 steep that the pack-horse lost his footing and rolled down fully 

 25 feet, from which awkward position he was with difficulty 

 extricated. 



At Mt. Hunter the vegetation on the north and western sides 

 was very dwarfed, while on the east and southern slopes it was 

 dense and luxuriant, consisting of Pultencea daphnoides, P. mollis, 

 P. scabra, P. mllosa, and Grevillea lavandulacea, which were 

 intermixed wi«' ' Lycopodium densuni, Gleichenia circinata, 

 Sprengelia incark'ata, Correa speciosa, Hedycarya, Prostanthera, 

 Olearia argophyllus, Pomaderris apetala, and Gahnia psittacorum. 

 Beneath this almost impenetrable mass a large number of 

 wallabies were seen, whilst in the scrub birds were fairly 

 numerous. At the foot of Mt. Hunter, amongst the large granite 

 boulders, shrubs of the beautiful crimson-berried Cyathodes acerosa 

 were found within a few yards of the incoming tide. Proceeding 

 hence along the beach the usual coast plants were found, among 

 which vvas a very dwarfed form of the eucalypt, E. viminalis. On 

 the beach the Sea Bindweed, Calystegia Soldanella, was found 

 growing in the sand, exposed to the salt water ; also Caustis pen- 

 tandra, with stems 2 feet high, growing sparingly among the open 

 scrub in company with Schoenus nilens, var. major, A. J. E., a new 

 variety. Numbers of the Sulphur-crested Cockatoos were noted 

 on this beach. 



One of the most interesting gullies visited was at tiie head of 

 Chinaman's Creek. Here Eugenia Smithii is very plentiful and 

 of great size, as also are Eucalyptus globulus, E. Muplleriana, 

 E. goniocalyx, and Acacia melanoxylon. The usual plants found 

 in fern gullies were met with, including the rare fern, Lindsaya 

 trichomanoides, which was not previously recorded for Victoria. 

 This gully was the last we visited during the trip. 



By tracing on the map the route travelled it will be seen that 

 there is not much country left uninvestigated ; however, our 

 experience shows that many interesting plants may yet be found 

 to add to the already published lists. 



Report by Dr. Sutton. 



Privileged to accompany Messrs. Audas and St. John in their 

 second visit to Wilson's Promontory, for the further botanical 

 survey of the National Park, I am given the opportunity, by the 

 courtesy of Dr. Evvart, to briefly supplement their reports on the 

 expedition. 



Unfortunately, time did not permit the completion of the 

 survey on this occasion, but a third visit of similar length will 

 probably suffice to examine the country to the east of the Central 

 Range, from Mount Vereker to Mount Ramsay, the north-east 



