170 Audas, A Trip to Mount Beenak. \yj[ 



ct. Nat. 

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shade of the tall eucalypts, a number of glossy-leaved trees 

 and shrubs were seen— namely, Blackwood, Acacia ntelanoxylon, 

 Silver Wattle, .4. dealbata, Southern Sassafras, Atherosperma 

 moschatum, and the Myrtle Beech, Fagns Cunninghamii, the young 

 bronze-coloured foliage of the latter very much enhancing its 

 beauty. The Valley Tree-fern, Dicksonia antarctica, grew luxuri- 

 antly, and, interlocking with the sassafras and beech, formed 

 a beautiful shade to the smaller ferns growing beneath it. 

 This well-known species is probably one of the most adaptable 

 of tree-ferns for garden planting. The tender green fronds <>j 

 Lomaria discolor made pleasing contrast to the richer tones of 

 L. capensis, which looked very handsome with its dark, glossy 

 green foliage and its young fronds of reddish-bronze colour, 

 while, hanging from the moist rocks, the Wire Fern, Gleichcnia 

 dicarpa, added a very pleasing effect. In very moist and 

 secluded places the brown trunks of Dicksouiti antarctica were 

 covered with the tender green moss, Cyathophorum pennatunt, 

 and masses of the small epiphytal ferns Triclwmancs venosum 

 and Asplenium flaccidwn. 



Working my way through the dense thickets of Christmas- 

 bush, Prostanthera lasianthos, and Hazel, Pomaderris apetala, 

 towards the head of the Bun yip River, a wealth of vegetation 

 was revealed, and several plants of interest were met with — 

 viz., Phebalium (Eriostemon) bilobum, a rutaceous shrub with 

 white flowers and very strong-smelling leaves ; Coprosma 

 Billardieri, a shrub producing red berries ; Panax sambucifolius, 

 a tree "1 very variable foliage, and, though no1 in flower, 

 nevertheless very ornamental: the Native Musk-tree, Olcaria 

 {Aster) argophylla, one of the few plants of the Composite ordei 

 attaining the dignity of a tree ; Plagianthus pulchellus and 

 Pimelea axiflora. both furnishing useful fibre of great strength 

 and durability; Sambucus Gaudichaudiana, an herbaceous 

 perennial, two to three feet in height, with showy heads of white 

 flowers; and Solatium avictdare, a pretty shrub ol Ave to ten 

 feel in height, bearing an abundance ol large blue flowers; 

 while robust growths oi Tecoma austral is. var. Latrobei, a woody 

 climber with pretty flowers "I a rich cream colour, spotted 

 inside with carmine, were frequently mel with. Near the head 

 ol the 3tream a pretty cascade "l some fifteen to twenty feel 

 in heighl came in view, and righl a1 the water's edge the 

 massive trunks and gigantic fronds ol the King Fern, Todea 

 barbara, attained perfection. Flourishing neai by were the 

 Blanket-wood, Bedfordia salicina [Senecio Bedfordii), Austral 

 Mulberry, Hedycarya Cunninghami, Mountain Pepper, Drimys 

 aromatica, Mutton-wood, Myrsine variabilis, < heesewood, 

 Pittosporutn bicolor, and Rough ( oprosma, ( oprosma hirtella, 

 while Lyonsia straminea entwined the tall Blackwoods, and 



