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NOTES ON THE NATIVE FLORA OF N. S. WALES, ix,, 



An interesting little Pimelea shrub (No. 2383), with glabrous 

 flowers, is growing on ilount Lindsay at about 4,500 feet, but, in 

 tlie absence of fruiting specimens, has not been identified. 



A species of Xanthorrhoea (No. 2369, Grass-Tree) with a caudex 

 of a few inches, and a flowering spike of 1 foot 9 inches, was found 

 near tlie homestead at an altitude of about 3,000 feet. It differs 

 from described New South Wales species in having quadrangular 

 leaves, which are about 1 foot 8 inches long, and in this respect, 

 though differing in others, somewhat resembles X. quadrangulata 

 r.v.M., of the Mount Lofty Ranges in South Australia. 



Among the hills across the gorge to the north-east of Mount 

 Lindsay, and quite concealed from west winds, is a picturesque 

 glen, which is beautified by a number of graceful Tree-Ferns(. 4 /so- 

 jyhila australis). The altitude of the spot is about 3,700-4,000 feet, 

 and I know of no place in this State, where this Tree-Fern occurs 

 so far westerly of the Main Divide, and which, in this instance, is 

 about 90 miles.* 



Head of Maule's Creek to Boggabri. 



The following notes refer to the country extending from the 

 valley in which the head-waters of Maule's Creek collect, at about 

 2,000 feet above sea-level, and past the old Willuri woolshed to 

 Boggabri at 820 feet. IMaule's Creek takes its rise in tlie south- 

 eastern portion of the Nandewar Mountains, and flows, first 

 southerly and then westerly, to the Namoi River, joining it about 

 a dozen miles below Boggabri. In the earlier part of its westerly 

 course, it passes between sandstone escarpments (Plate Ixvii.) of 

 probably Permo-Carboniferous age, extending for several miles, 

 and this portion of the creek was followed by me, after which a 

 direct course was taken across the flat country south-westerly to 

 Boggabri. 



The first explorer to visit this locality was Sir Thomas L. Mitchell, 

 and according to his journal he discovered Maule's Creek on the 



*His Honor Judge Docker informs me that there are some Tree-Ferns 

 in a sheltered nook on tlie Warrunihungles, but though south-westerly 

 from the Namlewars, this spot is closer to that portion of the Main Divide 

 which sweeps round from Murruruudi to Cassilis. 



