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was iaiiiy common, and the Blue Squill, Chamtcscilla curynibasa* 

 was occasionally met with. 



Reaching tlie Anakie ("reek, we found it dee])ly entrenched 

 Ijctween banks of sandy loam, evidently derived from the 

 disintegration of the granite. The creek carried a fair volume 

 of water, and where we effected a crossing furnished an 

 interesting illustration of stream meander. From the 

 l)roximity of the volcanic rock to the granite, it would seem 

 that when invested by the molten lava the latter formed an 

 island of not inconsiderable dimensions amid the flow, and that 

 subsequently, owing to its greater susceptibility to external 

 agents and chemical changes operating through a long }ieriod 

 of time, it had become, as we then beheld it, level with the 

 basalt at some parts, and much below it at others. Standing 

 out in bold relief directly in our course was a bare basaltic 

 ridge that defined the eastern limit of the Brisbane Range, 

 and that could be traced for miles to the northward till it 

 junctioned with the timber-clad Ordovician in the neighbour- 

 hood of Anakie. On gaining the crest of this ridge we pushed 

 on till the valley of the Sutherland's Creek unfolded to our 

 expectant gaze. Three hundred feet, or thereabouts, beneath 

 us the stream meandered, its banks margined in places by the 

 Lepiospermum lanigcnim and the Eucaly]:)ts rostrata and 

 Icucoxylon. Several farm-houses occurred on the opposite 

 sloi)e, and on its crest, as if dehneating the position of the 

 Maude Miocene beds, a belt of eucalypts existed — mostly /:. 

 viiiiiiialis — and extended to the valley of the Moorabool. Then 

 the basalt again prevailed, and stretched in dreary prospect 

 to the Woodburne Creek, at Bamgannie. Descending to the 

 creek, we continued up its course till the objective of our 

 journey thither was reached. The tree, which belongs to the 

 smooth-barked section of the eucalypts, is a comparatively 

 young one, not being more than 20 feet in height, and })ossesses 

 a diameter of six inches or thereabouts. I'n fortunately, no 

 flowers or buds were to be obtained, but specimens of the leaves 

 and fruit were gathered and sulmiitted to Mr. Maiden, who 

 ciiaracterized it as " an interesting form of eucalypt." It is 

 undoubtedly an undescribed sjjccies, and we trust to br in a 

 l)()sition to furnish the Club with a more detailed descrij)ti()n 

 of the tree in the near future. Eucalyptus camphora and K. 

 rostrata occur in the immediate vicinity of this tree, and, some 

 little distance iq) stream, E. Icucoxylon. A lengthy search on 

 this occasion, and anotlu'i' iiboiit llncc nidnths lab r. failed lo 

 reveal another specimen. 



So much time was occujjied in our cjuest that, after partaking 

 of a hurried lunch, we found it would be necessary to al)andon 

 our intention of \isiting the Moorabool valley if we wished to 



