BY R. H. CAMBAGE. 567 



E. stellulata is a well known tree on the highlands both north 

 and south, being usually found along damp flats and watercourses 

 in open grazing countr}^ The upper parts of the trunk and 

 branches are covered with a smooth greenish to slate-coloured 

 bark, while near the butt the bark is in rough thick flakes, often 

 deeply furrowed, and not unlike that sometimes found on the 

 lower part of E. viminalis. Its chief flowering time in the Orange 

 district is about March, and its flowers are arranged in numerous 

 star-like clusters. The venation of the leaves is of interest, the 

 veins being arranged longitudinally and almost parallel to the 

 midrib. The timber of this species is soft like that of most of the 

 cold country trees, and somewhat brittle. 



From Orange to Ophir is a distance of about 16 miles north- 

 easterly, and the country falls gradually all the way. Along the 

 latter part of the road some of the low country forms reappear. 

 Various trees and shrubs noticed along the roadside were : — 

 Acacia dealhata most of the way, A. vestita, Ker, A. falcata (?), 

 Willd., A. linifolia (?), Willd., A. armata, Cassia Sojjhera, L., 

 Casuarina Cunninghamiana, Poinade7'ris 'phillyrmoides^ Sieb., 

 Grevillea 7'amosissima, Meissn., Sterculia diversifolia, Disca^'ia 

 australis, Hk., Callistemon salig7ius, DC, var. angusti/olia, along 

 the creek, and Exocaiyus cupressiformis (Native Cherry). 



Acacia vestita was found only near Ophir. It grows in a very 

 graceful, spreading and pendulous form. 



The Eucalypts noticed along this road were : — E. viminalis^ E, 

 Bridgesiana, E. [coriacea, A. Cunn., E. stellulata, E. melliodoray 

 E. tereticornis, E. rubidcc, Deane and Maiden, E. dives, E. macro- 

 rhyncha, E. Cambagei, E. hcemastoma, Sm., var. micrantha, E. 

 macidosa, Baker, E. polyanthema, Schau., and E. hemiphloia var. 

 alhens. 



E. coriacea is another of the white gums of the cold country, 

 and although it may often be found in company with E. viminalis 

 it leaves that species behind in some of its ascents on our highest 

 mountains. This is the Eucalypt which may be found growing at 

 a higher elevation than any other Eucalypt in New South Wales, 

 or probably for that matter in the world {vide Mr. J. H. Maiden's 



