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Erysimum capsellirium up to 6500 ft., C. didyosperma at 

 5000 ft., and an Arabis, A. glahra, at 4S00 ft. 



ViOLACE^. — There are several genera at the higher 

 levels. Viola caleyana ascends to 6500 ft., V. hetonici- 

 fulia and the procumbent V. hederacea ascend to 5000 ft., 

 Hyhantlius Jiliformis to 4000 ft., and the ever fragrant 

 Hvmenanthera Banksii, which forms a small tree at the 

 lower levels up to 3000 ft., and a spinous shrub, var. 

 ■angustifolia at the higher altitudes up to 6000 ft. 



None of the genera of the order Pittospore.-e are 

 represented above 4600 ft. Fittosporum hicolor, which 

 forms a small robust tree at the lower levels of 2000 ft., 

 is reduced to a small shrub at the sub-alpine levels of 

 4000 ft. Similarly Bursaria spinosa, which at the lower 

 sub-alpine limestones of Bindi is a profusely flowering and 

 fragrant small tree, is dwarfed to a spinous divaricate 

 shrub at 4000 ft. 



Billardiera longifiora and B. scandens ascend to 

 4000 ft. 



DROSEiiACEiE. — Two species of the genus Drosera are 

 common. One, a distinctly alpine form, D. Arcturi, 

 flourishes in damp flats near melting snow at 6000 to 

 7000 f t. ; the other, D. auriculata, ascends in sub-alpine 

 habitats to 40 00 ft. Both species are insectivorous. 



Hypericine.e. — Hypericum japonicxim, in the form of a 

 var. (jramineum, ascends to 5000 ft. levels. 



POLYGALS^E. — One genus, ConiesperjJia, is represented by 

 species at the higher levels, C. cricinum up to 6000 ft., 

 and C. rctusum to 4000 it. Another interesting species, 

 G. volubile, only reaches the lower sub-alpine habitats at 

 3000 ft. The root of this species is of medicinal value, 

 having an agreeable sarsaparilla flavour. 



EuTACKi?^.^ — Among Eutaceous plants none are more 

 generally distributed than the Native Fuchsia, Correa 

 latorcnciana, especially on the sub-alpine littoral slopes, 

 where it is frequently gregarious. 



' Vide " Notes on the Rutaceai of the Australian Alps." By J. 

 Stirling. Trans. Linnreau Society, New South Wales. 



