8 Phanerogamia of the Mitta Mitta Source Basin 



1. P. Australe (Wild.). — East of Omeo Plains, near 

 Mount Sisters ; quartz porphyry and metamorphic 

 granite formations ; 3000 to 4000 feet. 



No. 13 — Sterculiace^: (Vent.). 



Genus — Lasiopetalum. 



1. L. dasyphyllum (Sieb.). — On the outskirts of other 

 shrubs ; Dividing Range, at head of Livingstone 

 Creek ; 3600 feet ; Silurian soils. Its flowers are 

 peculiar, and hermaphrodite. 



No. 14 — Urticke (Ventenat). 

 Genus — Urtica. 



1. U. incisa (Poir), " common nettle." — On cultivated 

 ground around Omeo, and densely distributed 

 through moist heads of gullies along Dividing 

 Range ; humid soils ; up to 5000 feet. 



No. 15 — CASUARINE.E (Mirbel). 

 Genus — Casuarina. 



1. C. suberosa (Link). — Limited within the area to the 



lower undulating ranges margining Omeo Plains, 

 on south side ; mica schist formation ; 3000 feet. 



2. C. distyla (F. v. M.). — Forms dense scrub clothing 



steep ranges at Tongio (along valley of Tambo 

 River) ; 1000 to 2000 feet; on granitic and argil- 

 laceous schist formation ; rare in Mitta Mitta source 

 basin. 



No. 16 — SapindacejE (A. L. de J.). 



Genus — Dodonsea. 



.1. D. viscosa. — On Dividing Range, at head of Living- 

 stone Creek and Wentworth River ; Silurian 

 formation ; ascends to 4500 feet. 



No. 17 — STACKHOUSIAE.E (R. Br.). 



Genus — Stackhousia. 



1. S. linarifolia. — Abundant on metamorphic schists 

 around Omeo ; up to 4000 feet. 



