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on the lieathy, rocky ridges of Metauiorphic scliist near Omeo, 

 and also on the Silurian areas at Limestone Creek (head of 

 Murray River) at elevations of 3,000 feet. Its other station 

 is on the Genoa River {F. v. M.). 



Persoonia Chamaepeuce, Lbotsky. 

 This is a rather decumbent shrub ; is abundant on the un- 

 dulating ranges of mica schist at elevations between 2,000 

 and 4,000 feet. It extends as far westward as the Broken 

 River (F.v.M.), and northerly to Bathurst, New South AYales. 



Persoonia juniperina, Labillardiere. 



On the margin of source runnels intersecting the basaltic 

 plateau at the head of Victoria River. This species forms a 

 low divaricate shrub seldom exceeding one foot in height. It 

 has a much wider geographic range than either of its congeners, 

 as it has been found growing at the Genoa River ; Tasmania, at 

 elevations of 3,200 feet ; AYimmera and Glenelg Rivers ; and 

 on the higher parts of the Mount Lofty Range in South Aus- 

 tralia. 



Orites lancifolia, F. v. M. 



This very handsome shrub inhabits the rocky summits of the 

 Great Dividing Range as at Mount Hotham, and the high 

 lateral ranges as Mount Feather top ; Mount Bogong, 6,508 

 feet, and Mount Wellington, principally on Silurian and 

 granitic soils. I have not seen the species below 3,000 feet 

 altitude ; its general limit is between 5,000 and 6,000 feet, and 

 appears to flourish best at that zone. 



Grevillea alpina, Lindley. 

 This interesting species is prolific in the ranges around 

 Omeo on Metamorphic schists. It ascends to 4,000 feet. At 

 3,000 feet it is an erect shrub attaining a height of six feet. At 

 the higher elevations it becomes dwarfed to a low straggling 

 bush scarcely a foot above ground. It extends westerly to the 

 granitic ridges of the Buffalo Ranges to the CJpper Yarra 

 Ranges, and further westward to the Grampians. 



Grevillea Miqueliana, F. v. M. 

 On the porphyritic (Lower Devonian probably) ridges near 

 the Omeo Plains, between Mount Sisters and Mount Tambo, 

 at elevations of 4,000 feet, it forms a robust shrub fully ten 

 feet high. It extends westerly in favourable rocky situations 

 along the northern flanks of the Dividing Range to Mount 

 Useful ; and has been found by the writer on the Silurian 

 ranges near Grant, south of Dividing Range, at elevations of 

 4,000 feet. 



