Art. III. — The Phanerogamia of the Mitta Mitta Source 



Basin. 



Article II. 



By James Stirling, F.L.S., Omeo. 



[Read 13th March, 1884.] 

 CHORIPETALE.E HYPOGYIOE. 



Ranunculacke (A. L. de Jussieu). 



Clematis microphylla (De Candolle). — On the steep ranges 

 west from junction of Livingstone Creek and Mitta 

 River, on argillaceous schist formation, a variety, 

 Stenophylla,, is occasionally met with. This species 

 covers many shrubs with its clusters of cream- 

 coloured blossoms ; it ascends to 3000 feet elevation ; on 

 the moist southern coastal regions in Mitchell River 

 source-basin it is more abundant. The same remark 

 applies to C. aristata. 



Ranunculus rivularis (Banks et Solander). — This variable 

 species is very common on damp situations within this 

 area, particularly on Wilson's Creek, near Omeo ; mica- 

 schist formation ; on the alluvium at Omeo Plains and 

 on the Yictoria River, ascending in the valley of the 

 latter to 4000 feet. 



Ranunculus parviflorus (Linne). — On the marshy sub- 

 alpine flats near heads of Livingstone Creek this small- 

 flowered species is abundant, but it occurs also on damp 

 situations near Omeo. It is very much affected by a 

 fungus — secidium ranunculacearum. 



Ranunculus aquatilis (Linne). — The races near Omeo used 

 for mining purposes are frequently so much choked up 

 with the vigorous growth of this species and some 

 species of Chara and Conferva as to require periodical 

 cleaning ; nearly all the shallow waterholes about Omeo 

 are more or less full of a growth of this species. 



