BY R. H. CAMBAGE. 191 



colour after a shower of rain, but an inspection showed that it was 

 simply owing to the removal of the pollen b}^ the rain drops. 



Melaleuca parviflora is fairly common around Wyalong, and in 

 general appearance, as well as habit, is exactly similar to this 

 species growing in the Ninety-Mile Desert, South Australia. On 

 the coast of New South Wales it is generally a darker green, and 

 the leaves are often more flexuose. 



The Acacias around Wyalong and towards Barmedman are 

 numerous, and include several which had not been seen along the 

 country described to the northward, as well as one not previously 

 recorded for New South Wales. Those noticed were : — A. mon- 

 tana, Benth., A. microcar^Kt, F.v.M., A. rigens, A. aspera, Lindl., 

 A. conferta, A. acinacea, Lindl., A. t^ernicifiua^ A. hakeoides, A. 

 decora, A. cidtri/ormis, A. Cunn. (west of Wyalong ', A. homalo- 

 jihylla, A. pendula (towards Barmedman), .1. Osivaldi, A. 

 ixiophylla (?), A. difformis, A. dealbata {green \ariety), A. ohliqiia, 

 A. Cunn., and A. rhigiophylla, F.v.M. 



A . microcarpa grows as a shrub 3 or 4 feet high, spreading across 

 the top to 4 and 5 feet. In general appearance it somewhat 

 resembles A. montana, but the latter is slightly taller, not so 

 spreading, and very viscid, while its leaves have several nerves, 

 those of A. micTocar'pa having but the central one, and that not 

 very prominent. 



A. rhigiophylla occurs a few hundred yards north-westerly of 

 West Wyalong, and has not previously been recorded for New 

 South Wales. It was originally described from specimens 

 collected in South Australia; but the country to the westward of 

 Wyalong is of much the same nature as some of the eastern parts 

 of South Australia, so the plant does not appear to be out of 

 place in this part of New South Wales, and will probably be 

 found to extend over a considerable area in the south-west. It 

 grows as a somewhat spreading shrub, a few feet high, with rigid 

 pointed leaves. 



Between the two towns of Wyalong and West Wyalong, which 

 are situated about two miles apart, the country is almost level and 

 was formerly covered with Mallee, though some of it is now 



