196 BOTANY OF THE INTERIOR OF NEW SOUTH WALES, 



n'pinosa^ Pterostylis mutica, R.Br., CaJadenia claviyera, A. Cunn., 

 and Glossodia major, R.Br. 



The Acacias passed were A. hakeoides, A. difformis, A. conferta, 

 A.Jlexifolia, A, dealbata, and var. (green variet}^). 



This is the second instance in coming from Bourke that the 

 typical A. dealbata has been found. Easterly and southerly from 

 this point it becomes more plentiful. 



The Eucalypts noticed southerl}^ from Temora were: — E. 

 Woollsiana (still known as Black Box), E. melliodora, E. tereti- 

 cornis, E. tereticornis var. dealbata, E. sideroxylon and E. macro- 

 rhyncha, F.v.M. (Stringybark). 



Over the area described in these papers this is the first record 

 of Stringybark. This species prefers a colder climate than is 

 found in the interior, and the fact of its being so far west as 

 Temora is possibly owing to the influence of southern latitudes. 

 North of the Murrumbidgee this is the most western point at which 

 I have ever found the species; but a settler informed me that 

 there are similar Stringybark trees on Scrubby Mountain, near 

 Rankin's Springs, about 70 miles north-west of Temora. If this 

 is the case, the species is probably E. macrorhyncha, it being by 

 far the most westerly of our Stringybarks. The statement is 

 probably correct, but requires investigation. The most western 

 point in New South Wales at w^hich I have collected this species 

 is Albury. E. rtiacrorhyyicha has an extensive range in this State, 

 and is fairly plentiful over the area which extends north and 

 south along the Great Dividing Range, spreading sometimes to 

 the westward and again to the eastward of the range. South of 

 Mudgee its western boundary coincides very nearly with the 

 eastern boundary of E. hemiphloia var. albens, except in isolated 

 cases as at Temora, Grenfell and Manildra, svhere it occupies 

 ridges to the westward. So far as my observations have gone I 

 find that it undoubtedly prefers a geological formation of sedi- 

 mentary origin, and may, therefore, often be found on goldfields 

 in Silurian slate areas. To the miner and settler it is a most 

 useful tree. The bark is used freely for roofing huts and out- 

 buildings, while its timber is greatly in request in all kinds of 



