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THE VICTORIAN NATURALIST. 



(2.) The Inland. — This extends from some five or. six miles 

 distance from the coast up to the Coast Range, and includes all 

 within this district save, as far as is yet known, the top of the 

 peak of Mount EUery, and, perhaps, when examined, it will be 

 found to include also the top of the peaks of Mounts Jack, 

 Lookout, and Tanglefoot. This district is characterized (i) by 

 the presence of a great number of forms, some of which are 

 mentioned below, and (2) by the absence of certain forms 

 characteristic of the third region. Some of the principal forms 

 present as these : — Telopea oreades, Aster argojohyllus, Atheros- 

 ferma moschatum, Eucalypts such as E. amygdalina, globulus, 

 sieberiana, &c., Prostanthera lasiantha, Eugenia smithii, Drymis 

 aromatica, Correa lawerenciana, Goodia loti/olia, Smilax australis, 

 Clematis aristata, various Helichrysa, Acacias, as A. discolor and 

 dealbata ; Persoonias, Panax sambucifolius, Pultenea juniperioia, 

 Senecio bedfordii, Lomatia longifolia, Bursaria spinosa, Pittos- 

 porutn undulatum and bicolor, Tristania laurina, Comesj^erma 

 ericinuni, Wahlenbergia gracilis, Sccevola hispida, Dijoodium 

 jn(,7ictatuni, and such ferns as Lomaria jjrocera, Blechoium 

 cartilaginetcm, Davallia dubia, Doodia caudata and Gleichenia 

 circinata and Jiabellata. The vegetation, in fact, is much the 

 same as that of the Dandenong Ranges and Gippsland, with such 

 forms, in addition, as the Waratah and Lilypilli. 



(3.) The Sitb-alpine. — This comprises the high land at the 

 summit and to the north at the Coast Range, between Mount 

 Goon Murk and Bendoc, together with the summit of Mount 

 Ellery. This, in addition to the presence of such forms as the 

 Waratah, the Eucalypts and Acacias, &c., characteristic of the 

 inland region, is distinct from the latter in the presence of the 

 following forms -.—Nagei-i alpina, Prostanthera loalteri, Scleran- 

 thus bijlorus. Aster aljng ma, Oxylobium p)rocumbens, 0. alijestre, 

 Poa hookeriana and Styi kelia ?nacrcei. 



The following is a list of a few of the rarer plants collected in 

 flower or fruit : — 



*Aster stellulatus, var. querci- 



folius. 

 "*Aster alpigena. 

 *Aster myrsinoides, var. 



Acacia penninervis, var. 



Acacia diffusa. 

 *Bossisea buxifolia. 

 *Beck£ea Gunniana. 



Choretrum lateriflorum. 

 *Comesperma retusum. 



*Drymophila cyanocarpa. 

 Daviesia corymbosa, var. 



mimosoides. 

 Dampiera stricta 

 Davallia dicksonioides. 

 Eucalyptus botryoides. 

 Eucalyptus sieberiana. 

 Eucalyptus globulus. 

 Erecthites mixta {iinv for Vic- 

 toria). 



Those marked * are well worthy of artificial cultivation. 



