572 BOTANY OF THE INTERIOR OF XEW SOUTH WALES, 



Box of Bathurst, but appears constantly to have larger and more 

 orbicular leaves, as well as more of a box bark covering the whole 

 of the trunk. The fruits and buds of these two trees approach 

 each other considerably in shape. The Bathurst tree continues 

 southward along the western slopes, past Goulburn, to the 

 Gundagai and Tumut district, showing practically no variation, 

 and is recorded by Mr. Baker from Gerogery. Before Albury 

 is reached, the Victorian tree may be seen, and it extends 

 southerly right across that State, varying very little. As seen 

 from the railway line near Albury the southern Red Box appears 

 quite dissimilar to the Bathurst tree, chiefly owing to the distinc- 

 tive characters of the bark and foliage. 



On the road from Orange to Ophir a splendid spot from which 

 to study the local Eucalypts is in the paddock opposite Bosedale 

 House, about five miles from Orange. Of the fourteen Eucalypts 

 seen along this road, twelve may be found in this paddock, though 

 they occur in various other places on the way, the two which are 

 absent being E. hemvphloia var. aJhens and E. tereticoryiis, though 

 the latter may be found quite near. E. jyolyanthema is scarce at 

 this spot. 



In the creek at Ophir is the site of the first discovery of pay- 

 able gold in Australia, and the locality is well illustrated in "The 

 Mineral Resources of New South Wales," by Mr. E. F. Pittman, 

 A.R.S.M. The trees growing along the bank of the creek are 

 River Oak (Casuarina Cunninghamiana), while among others 

 growing around are E. polyanthema, E. mxacrorhyndia^ E. Cam- 

 bagei, and E. maculosa, all of them typical gold-field trees on the 

 elevated Silurian slate areas. 



In speaking of the various zones of elevation at which different 

 trees grow, it may be pointed out that over the area referred to 

 in these papers the Eucalypt that shows most disregard for 

 climatic conditions is E. vielliodoj'a [Yellow Box or Yellow Jacket). 

 It is mentioned in Part iii. as having been noticed down the 

 Lachlan at Euabalong. I have also collected it just above Dan- 

 daloo on the Bogan, both localities being well beyond the western 

 limit of E. hemiphloia var. alhens. Coming eastward it is found 



