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NOTES ON THE BOTANY OF THE INTERIOR OF 

 NEW SOUTH WALES. 



By R. H. Cambage. 



Pakt VI. — From Marsden to Narrandera. 



(Plates viii.-x.) 



The distance from Marsden to W3'along is about 20 miles 

 westerly. The country is generally level, except for a ridge of 

 sedimentary formation at about half-way. Various trees and 

 shrubs noticed were : — Ereinofhila Mitchelli (Budtha or Sandal- 

 wood), Geijera parviflora (Wilga, getting scarce), Heterodendron 

 olecefolium (Rosewood), Casuarina Luehmanni (Bull Oak), C. 

 Cainhagei (Belah), Callitris robusta (White or Cyj^ress Pine), 

 Sterculia diversifoLia (Currajong), and Myoporum deserti (Dog- 

 wood). The above were all passed between Marsden and the 

 10-mile post from Wyalong. On the ridge betAveen the 10- and 

 <S-mile posts from Wyalong were Grevillen floribunda, Calythrix 

 tetragona, Callitris calcarata (Mountain Pine), Casuarina quadri- 

 valvis (She Oak or Mountain Oak), Exocarpiis cuj^ressiformis 

 (Native Cherry), Caladenia cceridea (small blue Orchid), Dodoiicea 

 viscosa (Hopbush), and Prostanthera nvalifolia, R.Br, a shrub 

 about fi^'e feet high, co\ered with blue flowers in September. 

 Between the 8- and 4-mile posts were Hakea leucoptera (Needle- 

 wood), Cassia eremophila, Casuarina Cambagei, C. Lue1i7nanni ^ 

 Callitris I'obusta, Birtya Gunninghamii (Broom Bush), Heteroden- 

 dron olecHfolium, Melaleuca parviflora^ Lindl., and Eriostemon 

 difformis. Between the 4-mile post and Wyalong the following 

 were noticed : — Calythrix tetragona, Melaleuca uncinata ( Youngie 

 Bush), Fusanus acuminatus (Quandong). Myoporum deserti, 

 Bursaria spi^wsa, Cav. (Black Thorn), Sterculia diversi/olia, and 



