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drocotyle geranifolia, Solanum aviculare (the poisonous Gunyang or 
Kangaroo-Apple), S. vescum (the edible Gunyang), S. armatum (the 
Prickly Nightshade), Mentha laxiflora (Native Mint). 
Among Grasses one is especially worthy of record : Festuca dives, 
which is limited to Victoria, and found only in gullies like these, but 
rising to twelve feet and more in height. 
Remarkable rushes and allied plants : Carex fascicularis, Lepido- 
sperma elatius, Cyperus venustus, Gahnia erythrocarpa (very tall, with 
brilliant red fruits), Dianella Tasmanica, Restio totraphyllus, Calostro- 
phus lateriflorus. 
Great leafless Orchid: Dipodium punctatum. 
Native Iris : Diplarrhena Moraea. 
Ferns: Dicksonia autarctica (stout fern-tree), Alsophila australis 
(tall fern-tree), Todea Africaua (square fern-tree), Polypodium pustula- 
tum, P. rugosulum. P. australe, P. grammitidis, Aspidium coriaceum, A. 
decompositum, Asplenium flaccidum, Doodia caudata, Bleclmum cartila- 
gin eum, Lomaria Patersoni, L. fluviatilis, L. lanceolata, Pteris incisa, P. 
comans, Davallia dubia, Trichomanes venosum, Ilymenophyllum Tun- 
bridgense, II. demissum, Gleichenia flabellata, G. circinnata, G. dicarpa, 
Tmesipteris Tannensis. 
When cleared of timber and brought into cultivation 
the whole of these lands will he highly productive. It 
would not he difficult nor costly to irrigate some portions; 
and, with ready communication with the markets of Mel¬ 
bourne, which the railway about to be constructed will 
afford, this and other systems of cultivation, requiring the 
expenditure of capital as well as labor, will, no doubt, be 
adopted. 
In these soils is found a large earthworm, similar to 
that discovered near Turton’s Creek. Mr. McCoy in¬ 
forms us that the name of this gigantic Avorm—often seen 
as long as four feet, and thick in proportion—is Megas- 
colex Australis (McCoy). The only other known species 
of the genus has been found in liot-houses in England- 
supposed to have been brought in earth about the roots 
