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])ass through the township of StcigUtz l)pfore darkness ensued. 

 Heading up the stream, \vc found its course defined f)y a blaze 

 of yellow. The introduced (iorse, Ulcx Eitrofceiis, and the 

 Canary Island Broom, Cytisiis canaricnsis, had firmly establislied 

 themselves beside the water's margin, and were in full bloom. 

 They, however, ap])eared very common})lace when contrasted 

 with Acacias pyoiantha, verticil lata, dcalbata, and armata. then 

 at the i^oint of perfection. Here and there, on the left bank of 

 the creek, the vertical sedimentary rocks formed abrii})t faces. 

 In such spots the Purjjle Coral-])ea, Hardciibcrgia inoiioplivlla, 

 and the smaller clematis. Clematis microphylla, displayed their 

 beauty, and Cassinia arcuata and Indigo j era mi sir alts eked out 

 a precarious existence. The right bank of the stream is, for the 

 most jiart, elevated but little above the water's edge. 'I'he 

 ground is fertile, and gradually slopes upwards to the le\-el, 

 timbered area intervening between the creek and the broad 

 valley of the Moorabool. The formation of the area mentioned 

 is Eocene, and on the slope, either to the creek or to the ri\-er. 

 numerous pieces of polyzoal limestone, derived from out- 

 cropping beds of this rock, may be picked up. Repeated 

 instances came under our notice hereabouts of the prevalence 

 of the larva; of the Gum-tree Saw-fly on the eucalypts. One 

 small, slender sapling of E. rostrata actually drooped beneath 

 the burden of five large masses of these loathsome creatures. 

 They would appear to l)e immune from the attack of birds, 

 since they existed at a regular rendezvous of the feathered tribe. 

 Abandoning the course of the creek, where it trended in a 

 wide sweep to the east, we bore northerly along a small valley 

 leading to the Maude-Steiglitz road. The valley was carpeted 

 in })laces with the white flowers of the Claytonia atistralasica. 

 and in others with the yellow, star-like flowers of the Hvpoxis 

 hygromcirica. At its head /:. sideroxylon, K. camfhora, and 

 /:". Diacrorhyncha grew thickly amid a dense and far-reaching 

 growth of common Bracken Fern, Pleris aquilina. Shortly after 

 reaching the roadway we weie forced to shelter from a lu'a\y 

 tail of rain. As there were no indications of the rain abating 

 alter the lapse of a quarter of an hour, we donned our water- 

 proofs and j)ushed on towards Steiglitz. At the bridge si)anning 

 the Sutherland's ("reek we collected Pttltencea daphnoidcs—;\. 

 ])erfect specimen of the plant — and Pomaderris ferniginea, the 

 latter being previously recorded only froni the east. Beside 

 the creek /:. )}uili()dora was flowering, and among its i)lossom 

 the Musk and Purple-crowned Lorikeets wer(> busily foraging 

 in large and noisy companies. A little 'distance from the 

 bridge Olearia paiiiiosa was met with displaying its large, star- 

 like, solitary, white-rayed flower-heads amid a growth of young 

 gums. The situations in which we usually met the plant were 



