Vict. Nat. 

 Dec. 



140 Field Naturalists' Club — Proceedings. [ 



By Dr. C. S. Sutton. — Plants collected at Orbost, East Gipps- 

 land ; growing plant of fern Lomaria vulcanica, from Tasmania. 

 After the usual conversazione the meeting terminated. 



EXCURSION TO NYORA. 



Only a small party visited Nyora on Tuesday, ist November 

 (Cup Day). Nyora, it may be mentioned, is on the south- 

 eastern line, just 55 miles from town, and situated almost 400 

 feet above sea-level. Perhaps the early start (6.30 a.m.) 

 militated against a large attendance of members. However, those 

 who went were gratified with a beautiful day, and a wonderful 

 array of flowering plants, the district being just at its best. The 

 lovely shade of ultramarine blue afforded by Dampiera stricta, 

 the white and various shades of delicate pink of the tea-tree, 

 Leptospermum mysinoides, the creamy-white flowers of the 

 Wedding-bush, Ricinocarpiis pinifoliiis, and the various other 

 shades of colour displayed by the many representatives of other 

 natural orders combined in making a gorgeous sight. Specimens 

 of a white-flowered variety of Dampiera siricta were obtained, a 

 variety which in all my years of collecting 1 had not met with 

 before. During the day no less than 145 species were noted in 

 bloom, representing 41 natural orders. Naturally, the Legu- 

 minosse claimed the largest number of species, fourteen ; while of 

 Orchideae, tweh^e species were met with. From the following 

 list of the more noteworthy plants some idea can be gained of 

 the class of country met with, and the fine range of species 

 occurring in the limited area traversed : — Acacia decurrens, 

 Aotus villosa, Brunonia australis, Bauera rubioides (pink), B. 

 rubioides (white var.), Brachyloma ciliatum, Brachycome 

 cardiocarpa. Clematis aristata, Caladenia Menziesii, Caleana 

 major, Cyperus tenellus, Comesperma ericinum, C. volubile, 

 Centrolepis strigosa, var. tenuior, Dillwynia ericifolia, var. 

 normalis, Epacris lanuginosa, Goodia lotifolia, Gleichenia 

 flabellata (fine specimens on bank of creek), Goodenia geni- 

 culata, G. elongata, Hydrocotyle geranifolia, Hibbertia 

 augustifolia (this species grows fiat on the ground, and is 

 almost covered by its large primrose-coloured flowers, not 

 found in the "heath" country near Melbourne), Isotoma 

 fluviatilis, Leptospermum scoparium, L. lanigerum, Melaleuca 

 squarrosa, Olearia (Aster) stellulata, var. lirata, O. ramulosa, 

 Pomaderris apetala, Patersonia longiscapa, P. glauca, Pultenaea 

 scabra, P. stricta, Restio tetraphyllus, Senecio australis, 

 Thelymitra aristata, Trifolium arvcnsc (Euro}K\ Asia, and 

 Africa), Teucrium corymbosum, Tetrathcca cihata, Viola 

 hederacca, and Xanthosia dissecta. 



Birds also were plentiful, and while many were seen and 



