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and two small species of Caladenia have delicate whitish 

 flowers, which under a magnifying glass reveal themselves 

 as marvels of beauty. At elevations above 2000 feet a more 

 typically Alpine flora is met with, such as the box-leaved 



A common blue Orchid (Thelymitra 



and other Veronicas, patches of white-flowered Forsteras 

 and Hclophylluins, a small eye - bright (Euplirasia ant- 

 arctica) and many others. On warm days it is marvellous, 

 too, what a wealth of insect life exists among these flowers, 

 how the small but exquisitely coloured butterflies and more 



