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owing probably to their exposed position. Macrozamia 
miqucl.il was fairly common and in some eases the cones 
had become ripe. 
Among the ferns. Maiden Hair (Adianlum Aetlii- 
<t pi non) was very abundant in the gullies. On the peak of 
Ml. Samson there was a large patch of Star Fern 
((jleichenia flabellata), which, I think, is rather strange, 
as this fern generally grows in very low lying, damp posi- 
tions. The trees covering the peak were mostly Casiiarina, 
Bank ski, Grass Trees (X anlhorrhoca) and Eucalypts,, but 
the lower slopes of the mountain arc clothed in rain-forest. 
Other plants seen were Lomaiia silaifolia, the Giant Sting- 
ing Tree ( Lapdrtea gig as ), Wild Ginger (. Alpinia ), 
Kangaroo Grass (. Thcincda ), the last covering the ground 
in most of the open forest areas. 
On Easter Sunday a trip was made to Mt. Glorious 
via a slugging track from Stony Greek. This time the land 
traversed was covered for the most part with very fine 
eucalyptus forest, with strips of rain-forest in the gullies. 
Along the path here the fern Duodia asperci was very 
common, also the rock fern Drynaria rigidula . In the 
gullies 1 he Piccabin Palm (. Archontoplwenix Cunning- 
iuimii) was also very common. On nearing the crest of the 
mountain we passed some rain-forest, which at one time 
had been very fine, but owing to the thinning out of timber 
and the subsequent growt h of lantana, it had lost much of 
its former beauty. However, in this lantana there were 
some exceptionally large specimens of Giant Maiden Hair 
( Adianturn formosum) . The top of the mountain itself was 
not very rich in plant life, owing probably to the dry 
weather and lantana which almost covered the slopes. A 
Wheel-of -fire Tree ( Stcnocarpus sinuatus) however, had 
been left standing in the cleared scrub, and as this was in 
full flower, it afforded a beautiful sight. 
The return trip from Mt. Glorious, via the falls, was 
made/ by some of the party. The rain-forest first entered 
was almost wholly stripped of its staghorns and other 
epiphytes, but later on when more out-of-the-way forest 
was reached, the plants were found to be still in their 
natural state. The Cork Tree ( Erythrina, vcspcrtilio) was 
growing in this area. 
Among those plants growing near the camp were the 
Iris Orchids (Oberonia iricli folia) , also the Weeping Myrtle 
Tree ( Eugenia Ventenattii). A very noticeable thing also 
was the fact that the Brush Boxes ( Tristania confcrta) 
w r ere in a very bad state owing to the dry weather, and in 
every case the leaves were hanging down. Even those 
trees growing above the w 7 ater were in the same state, 
which shows that they are very shallow rooted. 
