576 BOTANY OF THE INTERIOR OF NEW SOUTH WALES, 



known as Hickory from the toughness of the wood. Along parts 

 of the North Coast and Table Lands it is called Mudgerabah and 

 has various other local names. The species is very likely to be 

 confused b}^ the casual observer with A. implexa owing to a 

 general similarity in the bark and venation of the leaves. The 

 simplest test, if ripe pods are available, is to examine the funicle 

 which connects the seed to the pod, that of A. meJanoxylon being 

 red and carried round the seed twice, while that of A. imijlexa is 

 paler and folded at the hilum end of the seed. 



The only Eucalj^pts growing on the top of the Canoblas are 

 E. coriacea and E. rubida, the others ceasing at about 500 feet 

 below the summit. Mr. J. H. Maiden has shown that this par- 

 ticular form of E. ruhida growing on the top of the Canoblas is 

 ver}^ little removed from typical E. Guniiii, Hook., of Tasmania 

 (these Proceedings, 1901, p. 581). 



On the roadside between Canoblas and Cargo the following 

 Eucalypts were noticed : — E. riminalis, E. Eridgesiana, E. dives, 

 E. fereficoniis, E. meUiodora, E. macrorhyncha, E. Camhagei (18 

 mile post), and E. hemiphloia var. alhens. 



Between Orange and Cargo, a distance of 23 miles, the country 

 falls almost continuously, and the climatic effect on the flora is 

 again very noticeable. E. coriacea is left behind at the 7-mile 

 post. Near the 15-mile post the last is seen of the Peppermint, 

 E. dives and of E. viminalis. At the 20-mile post E. macrorhyn- 

 cha ceases, the country below this being too hot for these species. 

 On the other hand, E. hemiphloia var. alhens does not appear till 

 the 18-mile post is reached, the country above that being too cold 

 for it. 



Between the 15- and 16-mile posts and on the left hand side of 

 the road, specimens w^ere collected from a tree ^vhich about the 

 greater part of the trunk considerably resembled E. Bridgesiana, 

 but the upper part and branches were clean, giving the tree the 

 appearance of E. viminalis. The fruits and buds most resemble 

 those of the multiflowered form of E. viminalis, and in the 

 absence of stem-sucker leaves have been provisionally identified 



