562 BOTANY OF THE INTERIOR OF NEW SOUTH WALES, 



Reference h made in these papers (Part ii. p. 714) to the 

 affinities between £. hemij^hloia and B. WooUsia7ia. 



Some fine trees of E. tereticornis were seen in places on the 

 flats along the road, var. deaJbata being plentiful on the granite 

 hills towards Eugowra, while E. rostrata was confined to the river 

 and large creeks. On questioning a saw-mill proprietor as to the 

 relative merits of E. rostrata and E. tereticornis^ he stated that 

 the River Red Gum was more liable to warp in exposed situa- 

 tions than the Forest Red Gum, and he had seen an instance in 

 which the former had been used for window frames, but after a 

 few years the wood had w^arped to such an extent that it became 

 necessary to replace it. A resident of Riverina, however, who 

 has had considerable experience with the timber of River Red 

 Gum, states that it gives little or no trouble from warping. 



From Eugowra to Cudal is about 30 miles north-easterly, the 

 ascent in the latter part of the road being considerable. Various 

 trees and shrubs noted along the roadside were : — Callitris 

 robusta, C. cal car ata {Mountain, Black or Green Pine) only on ridges, 

 Casuarina Cunninghamiana, C. Luehnianni, Stercidia diversifolia 

 (Currajong), Acacia doratoxylon (Currawong), on ridges only, A. 

 homaJophyUa (Yarran), and A. obtusatoj, Sieb, (Black Wattle). 

 This latter species was noticed at 3 miles from Eugowra growing 

 close to the large granite rocks known as the Bushrangers' Rocks, 

 behind which the bushranger Gardiner and party waited when 

 they stuck up the gold escort in 1862. It was not found in the 

 districts to the westward. 



The Yarran seen at about 6 miles from Eugowra was the. last 

 noticed in coming from the west, and this spot therefore marks a 

 spot on the eastern limit of its habitat. A. homalojjhyUa is not 

 plentiful anywhere to the eastward of a line joining Junee, Gren- 

 fell and Wellington, though to the north of Gulgong it comes 

 eastward to the Hunter River, and again southward to the east 

 of Rylstone (R. T. Baker) and near Glen Alice east of Capertee 

 (J. E. Carne). A sister tree, A. pendula, (Myall or Boree) has 

 its eastern margin, roughly speaking, about 20 or 30 miles to the 



