THE VICTORIAN NATURALIST. 33 



araucarias, but the Red Gums are so varied and beautiful that one 

 wonders why people should go to the trouble and expense of 

 planting exotics. 



The view from the top of the hill, about 500 feet above sea- 

 level, is a very extensive one, and the gleams of sunlight which 

 cut through the clouds lit up the distance in a wonderful way. 

 The ships at Williamstown, Mount Eliza, Arthur's Seat, the 

 Bellarine Hills, and the Barrabools (fifty-five miles away) for their 

 whole length were clearly seen, while we had a splendid view for 

 a few minutes of the Werribee Gorge. 



However, my report is perhaps becoming too topographical. 

 Besides discussing the scenery and identifying hills in all directions 

 as far as we could, we paid some attention to the many geological 

 and geographical features which force themselves on one's 

 attention on all the trips we take. Flowers, as might be expected, 

 were scarce, but growing in the rich soil at the bases of the 

 numerous granite tors nice specimens of the creeping fern, 

 Asplenium Jlabellifolium, Cavan., and the Parsley Fern, Gheilanthes 

 tenuifolia, Swartz, were noticed. The outing was a thoroughly 

 enjoyable one from every point of view, though some of us 

 reached home rather late in the evening. — T. S. Hall. 



THE FRESH-WATER ALG^ OF VICTORIA. 



Part III. {continued from Vol. XXIII., pages 18-22). 



By a. D. Hardy, F.L.S., F.R.M.S. 



{Readiefore the Field Naturalists' Club of Victoria, 9th April, 1906.) 



(Note. — The species in brackets [ ] are those recorded by Watts 

 without authors or localities, and which I have not seen.) 



Class I.— RHODOPHYCE^^. 



Order.~NEMALIONACE/E. 



Fam. — Helminthocladieae. 



Genus. — Batrachospermum, Roth. 



B. moniliforme, Roth. ... Sydenham 



Class II.— PH^^OPHYCE^^. 

 Order.— SYNCENETICE>€. 



Fam. — Dinobryaceae. 

 Genus. — Dinobryon, Ehrenb. 



D. cylindricum, Imhof. ... Yan Yean (plankton) 



D. cylindricum, var. divergens 



(Imh.), Lemm. ... ... Yan Yean (plankton) 



