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mining work, building and fencing. In the highlands around 

 Bathurst it is one of the most generally useful trees the inhabi- 

 tants possess, its timber being superior, both in or out of the 

 ground, to that of many of the others growing in the same 

 elevated localities, besides being easy to work. On the western 

 slopes it is known as Stringy bark, but often in places to the east- 

 ward it is called Red Stringybark from the colour of the wood, 

 and to separate it from other String^'^barks which grow in the 

 same localities and ha\e paler timber. 



FromTemora toCootamundra, via Sprnigdale and Stockinbingal, 

 is about 36 miles south-easterly, and a careful study of plants 

 along this route will show that the western flora is being gradually 

 left behind and replaced by some of the forms which are usually 

 found on slightly higher levels to the eastward. Thus many trees 

 wdiich have been noticed along the greater part of the road from 

 Bourke are not seen east of Temora, except perhaps in very rare 

 instances, among others being Hakea leucoptera^ Heterodendron 

 olecefoliutn, E^'emophila Mitchelli, Geijer'a parvijiora, Casuarina 

 Cambagei, Acacia pendida and A. homalophylla. 



Various trees and shrubs noted before reaching Springdale at 

 11 miles were: — Myoporuiin deserti, Casua7'ina Luehmanni, a 

 very little of Eremophila longijolia, Callitris rohusta, C. calcarata 

 (generally on ridges with E. sideroxylon), Dodonce,a viscosa, 

 Cassinia Theodori, Cassia eremophila^ Bursaria spinosa, Fusanus 

 acunmiatus, and Exocarjnis cupressiformis. 



Between Springdale and Stockinbingal, a distance of about 1 1 

 miles, the following were passed :— Callitris calcarata, C. robusta, 

 Cassinia Theodori, Fusanus acuininatus, Grevillea jioribunda, 

 Dodoncea viscosa, Bursaria spinosa, Casuarina Luehmanni, C. 

 quadrivalvis, Drosera sp., and Eiitaxia empetrifolia, Schl, 



Between Stockinbingal and Cootamundra, a distance of 14 

 miles, most of the land is under cultivation, but on one hill 

 Exocarpus cupressiformis and Casuay'ina quadrivalvis were 

 noticed. 



The Acacias passed between Temora and Springdale were : — 

 A. difformis, A. montana, A. hakeoides and A. dealbaia (green 

 variety). 



