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Amaryllide-'E (Hypoxide*) is represented by one species, 

 Hypoons hygromctrica, at the 5000 ft. altitudes. 



Liliace.e. — The genus DiancUa is represented by the 

 species D. tasmanica, which is luxuriant at 5000 ft., and 

 ascends to 6000 ft. Adclia alpina also occurs between 

 4000 and 5000 ft. 



The little spring flower Wurmhea dioica is common on 

 sub-alpine flats up to 4000 ft., along with Ccesia vittata 

 and Stypandra glauca, and also the small flat-leaved 

 Xerotes longifolia, used by the aborigines for making 

 baskets. 



None of the grass trees, such as Xantliorrhoea austrcdis, 

 ascend higher than 3000 ft. 



JUNCACE.^, the very ubiquitous Luzida campiestris, ascends 

 to 5000 ft., Juncus fcdcatiLs to 5000 ft., and several others 

 to 4000 ft., as J. hufonius, J. communis, and J. pris- 

 matocarpus, up to 4000 ft. 



Among the Cyperace^, however, there appear to be 

 a few species of the extensive genus Carex which are 

 restricted to the alpine regions of Victoria and Tasmania, 

 as C. acicularis, between 4000 and 6000 f t. ; C. Biuidjaumii, 

 C. gunniana, at 5000 ft., etc.; although some of the species 

 are represented in Europe and North America, and also 

 in north Asia. 



Carex Pseudo-Cyp)erus ascends to 5000 ft., along with 

 C. canescens. Cy perns liicidus is common up to 4000 ft.; 

 the diminutive Oreohohis Pumilio is found at the higher 

 altitudes between 6000 and 7000 ft.; Carpha cd/nna 

 between 5000 and 6000ft. In Lcpidosperma, L. concavmn. 

 and L. lineare ascend to 4000 ft.; Uncinia tenella forms 

 tufts between 3000 and 4000 ft. 



The important order Gramine.-e which, as regards 

 number of species, stands next to the Leguminosse through- 

 out the world, is here represented by 19 genera and 38 

 species, principally, as regards number of species, by the 

 genera Agrostis, 5 ; Danthonia, 4 ; Poa, 4 ; Hierochloe, 3 ; 

 Stipa, 3 ; Panicum, 3 ; Andropogon, 2 ; Ehrharta, 2 ; 

 AgrojJi/ron, 2 ; and others ; but in respect to territorial 



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