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not descending in this area below 3,000 feet. The extensively 

 distributed order Scrophularinse is represented principally by herbs 

 and undershrubs of the genera Euplirasia and Veronica. Among 

 the former the species E. Brotvnii and E. antarctica^ cover the 

 grassy highlands during midsummer, with their beautiful flowers, 

 whilst on the grassy ridges at lower levels E. speciosa pre- 

 dominates along with E. scab^-a. 



Among Veronicas, V. Derwentia is common on shaded hillsides, 

 V. perfoliata on rocky bluffs, and V. gracilis on damp grassy flats. 



Among Umbelliferge are a few herbs which may yet 

 become valuable through cultivation as culinary esculents, as 

 Aciphylla glacialis, flourishing at the higher and colder zone. The 

 Santalacese, including the well-known species Exocarpus cujjressi- 

 formis, or "Native Cherry-tree," is represented also by shrubs with 

 pleasantly acidulous edible berries, and Leptomeria aphylla and 

 Exocarpus stricta, common on stony and heathy sub-alpine areas. 



Among Thymelacese, the most extensive genus here represented 

 is that of Pimelea, containing several species known as possessing 

 valuable industrial properties, as P. axifiora and others, which 

 yield a fine brown dye and superior bast of great tenacity, and 

 the more compact bush, P. Ugustrina of medicinal value, the 

 former more abundant on shaded hill-sides at the lower levels, and 

 the latter on the wooded depressions on the high table-lands. 

 Theorderto which our noble Eucalypts belong, that of theMyrtaceae 

 is represented not only by the arboreous forms of the genus 

 Eucalyptus, but by a number of shrubs of the genera CaUistemon, 

 Leptospermwin, Bceckea, and others. Of the latter, CaUistemon 

 salignus, var. Sieheri, is met with, not only margining the principal 

 streams of 2,000 feet, but ascending to the source runnels inter- 

 sectingthehigherplateux, where, along with Baickea Gtinniana and 

 dwarfed varieties of Leptospernntm and Kunzea, it forms dense 

 undergrowths in the neighbourhood of Sphagniim beds. 



Among Eucalypts, the species E. Gunnii and E. paucifiora, are 

 perhaps the most generally distributed on the undulating ranges 

 near Omeo, both, however, ascend to the edge of the snowy 

 plateaux as dwarfed, stunted, and gnarled gum-scrub. In the 

 humid, shaded slopes at lower elevations of 1,000 to 2,000 feet 

 are met with lofty forms of E. globuhis, &c., while on the 

 opposite side of the ranges or spurs is seen a species of stringy- 

 bark, and the change in some places is so marked as to exhibit a 

 distinct line of demarcation from the blue and white gums to the 

 stringybarks. On the heathy spurs are met with E. pijw.rita and 

 E. ptdverulenta, the latter towards Omeo Plains, while on damp 

 flats and on the rich soil of upland gullies are seen varieties of 

 E. Stiiartiana. 



In the division Monocotyledonese the orders more largely repre- 

 sented by genera and species include the Orchidacese, Liliaceje, 

 Cyperacete, and Graminea^, the two first-named, although containing 



