36 NATIVE FLOWERS OF VICTORIA. 
pians. This latter mountain, which is 3,250 feet in 
height, receives its name from this plant. There it 
thrives well, growing in the moist springy turf and 
following the water-courses for some distance down 
the mountain side. 
This species is now coming into cultivation, and 
being of such uncommon beauty, it is worthy of more 
than ordinary notice. At Mount Rosea, it grows 
only in the boggy turf, and along the narrow moun- 
tain water courses. Hence it seems to require ample 
moisture; at the same time, growing as it does in 
sandy soil, efficient drainage and sweetness of soil 
conditions must be provided. At the same time, it 
ultimately may prove to be as adaptable as many 
of its congeners ; and if so, then we will be in posses- 
sion of a lovely shrub for all garden purposes. 
Another genus, Dillwynia, might readily be con- 
fused with the Pultenaeas. The flowers of the Dillwy- 
nias are also conbinations of yellow, brown or red- 
brown. Indeed, botanically, the difference between 
the two genera is very slight and that is in the almost 
hidden structure of the flower. Dillwynia erici- 
folia, the “Heathy Parrot Pea,” is the common yel- 
low and red-brown flowered plant with heath-like 
foliage which is met with frequently in spring. 
The Native Hop, or one of the plants called native 
hop, is a legume. This is one instance of the confusion 
caused by common names. In this case a plant or 
genus, Dodonea, has been so called on account of the 
similarity of the fruit to that of the hop-plant. 
Another plant, Goodenia ovata, has also been termed 
