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of rock. The river then tumbles some sixty feet down an 

 incline of rocks, splitting up into several streams, but uniting 

 again at the bottom and flowing on as if nothing had happened. 

 The fall was a very picturesque sight as we witnessed it, but 

 we were told if seen when the river is in flood it is very grand. 

 We first of all made our way down the steep bank of the river 

 below the fall, and scrambling about among the boulders along 

 the edge of the stream felt somewhat easy in our minds that 

 the snake season had hardly commenced, as the locality seemed 

 suited in every way to the wants of these dreaded creatures. 

 The numerous bushes of Hy?)ie?ianthera Banksii being partially 

 covered with a bright orange-coloured lichen, looked extremely 

 pretty. Several Leptospermums, native indigo, bursaria, and 

 other shrubs, among which climbed Clematis a7istata, edged the 

 stream, while the little rock ferns, Cheilanihes teiiuifolia, and 

 Asple7iiii7n flahellifolium, were common everywhere. Making our 

 way up stream our attention was soon attracted by PiiltejicEa 

 suhumbellata, a very showy species of this genus, bearing fair- 

 sized flowers of a deep orange-red colour. This proved to be a 

 new district for this plant. The banks were gay with various 

 species of everlastings, and a little pink convolvulus. Just above 

 the falls, on the grassy slopes of the river, the orchid, Pterostylis 

 mutica, was rather common, and one or two other orchids, such 

 as Microtis atrata and Diuris sulphwea, were noted. While two 

 of the party vainly endeavoured to place a log across one of the 

 numerous channels so as to get across the river, the other 

 directed his search up stream, and was rewarded with the find 

 of the day — viz., Leeuwenhoekia Sonderi, a small plant belonging 

 to the Candollaceae, which Baron von Mueller says has been 

 found but once previously, and then only one specimen. 



(To he conchided in our yiext.) 



NOTES AND QUERIES. 



Visit of Northern Butterflies to Melbourne. — This 

 year has been a most exceptional one for an abundance of 

 butterfly life. Owing to the long-continued and accumulated 

 heat a number of species rarely seen in Melbourne, and more 

 or less subtropical in habitat, have visited the gardens of our 

 suburbs. It reminded one of the tropics to see the large 

 JDanais Erippus lazily sporting in our streets. Half a dozen 

 specimens or more have been reported. This Datiais has been 

 introduced from America. It is believed that about 20 years 

 ago the eggs were imported with some seeds into Queensland. 

 It has gradually extended itself in Queensland and New South 



