138 THE AUSTRALIAN NATURALIST. 
to the Sydney flora again. Hucalyptus haemastoma 
(Scribbly Gum), piperita and capitellata being the preva- 
lent types of the family Hucalypt, with a sprinkling of 
Acacia decurrens Var mollis thrown in. Oxylobiwm cor- 
difolium is first met with, then the pretty Helipterum cal- 
vertianum, Grevillea bawera, montana, and triternata; 
Persoonia feruginea, Pultenea scabra Var bilobatum, 
Goodema barbata and hederacea; Brachycome grammin- 
folium, Commersonia echinata, Epacris paludosa, Leuco- 
pogon virgatus, Slypandra glauca in profusion, and Cras- 
pedia Richea, although very few were in flower. 
Passing through a grazing farm we skirt the hills, 
taking a short cut to Fraser’s. Hriochilus autwmnalis was 
very plentiful in the fields, it being the only ground orchid 
we noticed. We were fortunate in finding Hakea leucop- 
tera and Casuarina paludgsa in some marshy ground we 
crossed. This ground was covered with Sneeze Weed, 
Myriogyne minuta, and the surrounding country with 
“Centaury,’’ Hrythraca australis. Next, passing through 
a decayed plantation of Acacia decurrens (evidently Var 
mollis), we catch sight of Fraser’s, and some fine Box 
Trees, Hucalyptus hemiphloa, which by some miracle have 
escaped the axe. 
Taking another short cut we pass through Fraser’s 
clearing on to Chance’s, past a fine ‘‘White Top,’’ Huca- 
lyptus Smithu, and the cap of Mt. Jellore is seen. The 
view from Chance’s is one of beauty and joy for ever, and 
is worth the walk alone. 
Mt. Jellore is residual and practically isolated, and to 
get at it we have a downhill walk of a mile, descending 
2,000 feet into Jellore Creek, where the nettle flourishes— 
enthusiasm fails—and there is but water to drink. 
Mitchell, the surveyor, observed the mount from 
Goulburn, and made it an observatory, living on the peak 
for six months. He has left a topographical sketch of 
the surrounding country, also a well-defined track up the 
western side. Two rabbiters we met advised us to make 
the ascent along a spur which had been cleared to pro- 
vide feed for sheep, but our course lay along the bed of 
the creek much further round, and so we zig-zagged from 
the base until at about 2,000 feet elevation we found the 
lost sight of Callistemon. C. lophanthus has been re- 
corded from the Jenolan Caves, Mount Nelligen, the Gram- 
pians in Victoria, and has a close relative in Tasmania 
