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number on the southern or south-eastern slopes and 

 valleys which trend towards the Gippsland Lakes or the 

 Southern Ocean. 



The genera richest m species are — Panaelia, 14; 

 Cladonia, 14; Calicium, 13; Parmelia and Peltigera being 

 abundant in the Sphagnum beds of Mount Bogong, 6000 

 to 0500 ft. 



During the visit of the Australasian Association to the 

 Australian Alps in 1890, the Eev. Thomas M. Wilson 

 collected 38 species, representing 17 genera from one 

 locality alone, viz. from the slopes and summit of Mount 

 Hotham, 6100 ft., and in the adjacent Ovens Valley to 

 the north — Cladonia, 6 species ; Cladina, 1 ; Stereocaidon, 

 3 ; Siphida, 1 ; Usnea, 1 ; Neuropogon, 1 ; Peltigera, 1 ; 

 Stida, 1 ; Parmelia, 4 ; Theloschistes, 1 ; Umlnlicaria, 2 ; 

 Lecanora, 4 ; Placodium, 1 ; Urceolaria, 1 ; Bruellia, 5 : 

 and in the Ovens Valley — Calicium, 4 ; Pertusaria, 1 ; 

 Hetcrothecium , 1 ; Verrucaria, 1. 



There are no less than 22 genera and 16 identical 

 species common to Arran and the Australian Alps. 



Fungi and Micro-Fungi. 



Of the 20 genera and 26 species of micro-fungi 

 collected between 2000 and 6000 ft. elevation, a number 

 are exotic; no less than 15 genera and 7 identical species 

 occur in Arran. The genera containing the greatest 

 number of species are — 



All the other genera were represented by only one 

 species. 



COMPAHISON WITH A BkITISH AkEA. 



During a recent visit to Arran and the Clyde Valley, I 

 was able to compare a list of the plants published in the 

 British Association 1901 Handbook, as having been 

 recorded from that island, with those occurring in the 

 Australian Alps. 



I found that there were no less than 36 natural orders, 



