and their Habitats. 9 



No. 18 — CARYOPHYLLE.E (Scop.). 



Genera — Stellaria, Colobanthus, and Scleranthus. 



1. S. pungeus (Brogn.). — Is seen to advantage during the 

 dry season, beginning of March, when the grasses 

 are parched ; around Omeo ; 2300 feet ; meta- 

 morphic schists. 



1. C. subulatus ( ). — This moss-like plant is abund- 

 ant on the basaltic plateaux of Bogong High Plains 

 and on the lower shelves of altered Silurian rocks ; 

 from 4000 to 6000 feet. 



1. Scleranthus biflorus (Hook). — Is abundant on the 

 dry, sunny slopes of the eastern watershed of the 

 Livingstone Creek ; mica schist formation, it is 

 frequently mistaken for tufts of moss, so similar 

 is its appearance. 



II.— CHORIPETALE,E-PERIGYN,E. 



No. 19 — Leguminose^e (Haller). 



Sub-order No 1 — Papilionacile. 



Genera — Oxylobium (And.),Mirbelia (Smith), Gompholobium 

 (Smith), Daviesia (Smith), Pultenea (Smith), Dillwynia 

 (Smith), Platylobium (Smith), Bossiese (Vent.), Hovea 

 (R. Br.) Goodia (Sals.), Lotus (Towns), Acacia (Towns). 



1. O. procumbeus ( ). — At head of Livingstone Creek 

 granitic soils and metamorphic schists ; also High 

 Plains ; basaltic formation ; 5000 feet. 



1. M. Oxylobium( ). — Open, sunny, northern slopes of 

 Mount Livingstone, near Omeo ; gneissose schists ; 

 3500 feet ; blooms in January. 



1. C. Heuglii (Bentham). — On Dividing Range, margin- 

 ing Omeo Plains ; quartz porphyries ; 3900 feet. It 

 has large yellow flowers. 



1. D. latifolia (R. Br.). — On Silurian soils along Dividing 



Range, particularly along the margin of Wentworth 

 River ; it forms dense scrub, attaining a height of 

 20 feet ; altitude, 3900 feet. 



2. D. ulicina (Sm.). — On heathy ranges near Omeo ; 



3000 feet ; metamorphic schists ; eastern watershed 

 of Livingstone Creek ("native hop"). 



3. D. Buxifolia (Bent.). — On Dividing Range, at head of 



