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disposal Prostanthera rotundifolia, in very fine flower ; Pomaderris 

 elliptica, bearing masses of dark orange-coloured blossom ; Lasio- 

 petahtm dasypht/llum, Zieria Smithiiy the ubiquitous Correa 

 speciosa, Dodoncea viscosa, with unusually small leaves and seed- 

 cases, and Marianthus pr'ocumbeois were collected. 



From my short experience of it I should imagine this creek 

 would be well worth investigation on the part of the plant-lover, 

 and I very much regret I did not stay over here on my return 

 journey to explore it and Mount Nowa Nowa, a few miles up on 

 the eastern bank, instead of spending the time at Cunninghame. 

 The hotel is situated right at the bridge, looks clean and 

 comfortable, and is usually visited by tourists from Lakes' 

 Entrance, who walk or drive along the coast to Lake Tyers, 

 which they traverse by boat, returning from Nowa by the coach. 

 Of the other flowering plants noticed on the way, it will be 

 sufficient to say only that Hibhertia Billardieri, with its small, 

 yellow, sparse flowers, and Indigo/era Australis were the most 

 frequent, and that Kennedya ruhicunda was not met with until 

 just before reaching the Snowy. Here, too, I might perhaps 

 mention that singularly few orchids were seen, the tally for my 

 whole trip only amounting to Caladenia latifolia, C. carnea, 

 C. Pater soni, and Glossodia major. 



After the long and tedious journey, cooped up uncomfortably 

 in the coach, it was a decided relief to come to the end of the 

 high country and descend the steep bank of the Snowy River 

 valley, with Orbost at last in sight, and it was not long before we 

 were crossing the bridge spanning the fine river, here quite a 

 hundred yards wide. At Orbost and in the immediate vicinity 

 there is not much of floral interest. All the rich river flats, which 

 were once covered with dense jungle are now cleared, and yield 

 immense crops of lucerne and maize. Just previous to my visit 

 12 inches of rain had fallen within a fortnight, and the flats had 

 not yet nearly freed themselves of the deluge. In a bend of the 

 river just opposite the town some scrub seemed worth investiga- 

 tion, but the result of a visit proved it to consist entirely of 

 Hymenanthera Banhsii and Panax sambucifolivs, the former in 

 flower, with nothing but high bracken beneath. Just away from 

 the river were some very fine specimens of the Mahogany Gum, 

 E. botryoides, fine, tall trees, with clean, bright foliage like that 

 oi E. corynocalyx. 



It did not take me long to conclude that if I wanted to see 

 anything characteristic of the locality I would have to go much 

 further afield. On inquiry. Mount Buck, thirteen miles away, 

 was mentioned as a likely place, and there I decided to make an 

 excursion on the last day of my stay. Cabbage Tree Creek, 

 where the Waratah and Livistona might possibly have been seen, 

 was eighteen miles off, and, the road being a bad one, I had 



