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NOTES ON THE BOTANY OF THE INTERIOR OF 

 NEW SOUTH WALES. 



By R. H. Cambage. 



Part VII. — From Forbes to Bathurst. 



(Plate xxvii.) 



The notes in this paper refer more particularly to the vegetation 

 on the western slopes than to that of the interior, beginning with 

 the botany of the low country near the Lachlan and terminating 

 with that of the western elevation of the Blue Mountains. It 

 will be noticed that there is a complete change in the flora between 

 Forbes and the hills around Bathurst, caused chiefly by the 

 difference in altitude of the two districts. This difference amounts 

 to over 2,000 feet, for while Forbes is only about 800 feet above 

 sea level, many of the hills around Bathurst and Orange exceed 

 3,000 feet. Much of the country referred to, especially that to 

 the westward of Orange, is open box forest, considerably cleared, 

 and the shrubs are therefore not numerous. 



From Forbes to Eugowra is about 24 miles in a general easterly 

 direction, the ascent being very slight, and various trees and 

 shrubs noticed were : — Callitris rohusta {y^hitQ or Cypress Pine), 

 Pittosporum phillyrceoides, Casua7'ina Luehma7ini (Bull Oak), C. 

 Cunninghamiana (River Oak), and Acacia decora. On the ridges 

 a few miles back from the river the shrubs are more plentiful. 



The Eucalypts passed were : — E. 7nelliodora (Yellow Box), E. 

 Woollsiana (Black Box), E. hemiphloia var. alhens (White Box), 

 E. conica (Apple Box), E. rosti-ata (River Red Gum), E. tereti- 

 cornis (Forest Red Gum), and var. dealhata (Mountain Gum). 



Mr. J. H. Maiden in a recent paper on E. Behriana (Trans. R. 

 Soc. S. Aust. 1901, p. 11) includes E. Woollsiana under E. herai- 

 phloia as a variety which he names microcarpa. 



