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Brachycome clecipiens (J. Hooker). — Very common all over 

 the area, flowering during early summer, ascending to 

 about 5000 feet. 



Brachycome augustifolia (Cunningham). — Abundant on the 

 pasture land toward Omeo Plains; from 2400 to 3000 

 feet elevations; generally on alluvial areas. 



Calotis scabiosifolia (Sonder and Mueller) — On the ranges 

 east and west from Omeo and on the Victoria and Omeo 

 Plains this species is prevalent; at elevations of 2000 

 to 3000 feet ; proving troublesome to sheep-farmers 

 owing to awns of the pappus getting entangled in the 

 wool of the sheep. 



Aster alpicola (F. v. M.) — On the higher ranges at the 

 sources of Cobungra and Bundara Rivers, near Mount 

 Cope; from 4000 to 6000 feet elevations; in Silurian 

 and metamorphic-schist areas, and on Livingstone Creek, 

 Omeo. 



Aster stellulatus (Labi Hard iere) — At the heads of Benambra 

 and Livingstone Creeks, in palaeozoic soils, ascending to 

 about 5000 feet. 



Aster florulentus (F. v. M.) — On the ranges west from Omeo 

 and on the upland flats at Benambra Creek. 



Aster celmisia (F. v. M.) — Near Mount Hotham at about 

 6000 feet elevation ; on Silurian formation, and on the 

 Bogong High Plains, in basaltic areas from 5000 to 6000 

 feet. This species is veiy abundant and gregarious, 

 sometimes almost to the exclusion of every other plant. 



Gnaphalium Japonicum (Thunberg) — On the slopes of 

 Mount Cope, Mount Wells, Mount Latrobe (Bogong); 

 at elevations of 4000 to 6000 feet; in granitic and 

 Silurian formation. 



Leontopodium catipes (F. v. M.) — On the summit of 

 Mount Hotham, and on high peaks near it ; at about 

 6000 feet elevation ; in Silurian formation. 



Podolepis longipedata (Cunningham). — Common on the 

 grassy valleys at eastern watershed of the Livingstone 

 Creek and the Mitta Mitta River; in mica-schist forma- 

 tion ; ascends to about 3000 feet elevations. 



Podolepis acuminata (R. Brown). — Abundant on grass land 

 around Omeo ; ascends to about 5000 feet along the 

 upper sources of the Victoria, Cobungra, and Big Rivers ; 

 on mica schist, in granitic and Silurian formation. 



Helichrysum rosmarinifolium (Lessing). — On the Livingstone 

 Creek and Mitta Mitta River, and many of their tribu- 



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