42 The Phanerogamia of the Mitta Mitta Source Basin. 



Utricularia dichotoma (Labillardiere). — Common on moist 

 slopes at the sources of springs, near Bogong High 

 Plains, in Silurian and basaltic areas, at about 6000 feet 

 elevation. 



Bignoniace^e (Ventenat). 



Tecoma australis (R. Brown). — This handsome climber, so 

 prolific in the littoral regions at the entrance to the 

 Gippsland Lakes, ascends to elevations of about 3000 

 feet in this source-basin from the lower levels; generally 

 in thickly wooded gullies. 



Aspeeifoli^: (Raller). 



Myosotis australis (R. Brown). — Common in similar localities 

 with the following. 



Myosotis sauvcolens (Poiret). — Ascends to about 5000 feet 

 elevations, towards the Bogong High Plains, along the 

 western affluents of the Mitta Mitta. — See pt. 1, p. 21. 



Labiates (Adanson). 



Mentha laxiflora (Bentham). — On the Livingstone Creek, 



near Omeo, in the mica-schist formation, at elevations 



of 2000 to 3000 feet. 

 Scutellaria humilis (R. Brown). — Sparsely distributed on 



the flats toward the Livingstone Creek sources, from 



3000 to 4000 feet. 

 Prostanthera lasiantha (Labillardiere). — See pt. 1, p. 21. 

 Prostanthera rotundifolia (R. Brown). — See pt. 1, p. 21. 

 Prostanthera cuneata (Bentham). — This erect or dicumbent 



species is restricted to the higher elevations, on rocky 



situations, occurring toward Mount Latrobe, at about 



6000 feet elevations ; and on the Cobboras Mountains, 



in granitic and porphyritic areas. 

 Westringia senifolia (F. v. M.). — On the alluvium at the 



junction of the Livingstone Creek and Mitta Mitta ; an 



erect, bushy shrub, 5 feet high. 



Verbenace^e (Adanson). 



Verbena officinalis (Linne). — Not common within the Mitta 

 Mitta source-basin (there confined to the flats along 

 the Livingstone Creek) ; on the Tambo River more 

 abundant. 



