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Carex longifolia (R. Brown). — Common on marshy upland 

 flats at Wilson's Creek, near Omeo, in metamorphic 

 schistose formation, and along the flanks of Mount 

 Livingstone, at elevations of about 3000 feet, and at 

 higher elevations in the Australian Alps. 



Carex Pseudo-Cyperus (Linne). — In similar localities with 

 C. longifolia, and even more widely distributed in 

 marshy localities at lower elevations ; ascends to 4000 

 feet. 



Gr amines (Haller). 



Panieum melananthum (F. v. M.). — On the eastern margin of 

 the Omeo Plains, near Mount Sisters, at elevations from 

 2000 to 3000 feet, and thence easterly in the Tambo 

 River watershed to Bindi, at 1600 feet, in metamorphic, 

 granite, and limestone (Middle Devonian) areas. 



Hemarthria compressa (R. Brown). — Along margins of races 

 on the Livingstone Creek watershed, near Omeo, on 

 mica schists, at elevations from 2000 to 3000 feet. 



Andropogon refractus (R. Brown). — On the Hinnomunjie 

 Flats, at the junction of the Livingstone Creek and 

 Mitta Mitta River, at about 1600 feet elevation. It 

 appears to be emigrating to sub -alpine heights from the 

 lower Mitta Mitta. 



Anthisteria ciliata filices (Linne). — This, the well-known 

 kangaroo grass, is, perhaps, the most abundant of the 

 Graminese throughout the area, ascending from the 

 undulating metamorphic ranges near Omeo to the 

 higher basaltic plateaux at Paw Paw and Precipice 

 Plains, and to the still higher Bogong High Plains, at 

 about 6000 feet elevation. Near Omeo the stems are 

 frequently seen to attain a height of 4 feet, and on 

 shaded hillsides even 5 feet. 



Hierochloe redolens (R. Brown). — A common species on the 

 undulating ranges on eastern watershed of Livingstone 

 Creek and at the Victoria Plains, and on the southern 

 granitic slopes of mountains near the junction of Big 

 River and Cobungra; it ascends to 5000 feet; that 

 found near Omeo belongs to the variety called Sub- 

 mutica. 



Stipa scabra (Lindley). — On the grassy slopes of the 

 Dividing Range, on the eastern watershed of the 

 Livingstone Creek, at Omeo Plains, and on the Victoria 

 River ; ascends to 4000 feet. 



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