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as belonging to that species. One or two other similar looking 

 trees were seen in the locality. 



From Cargo to Cowra via Canowindra the country still falls, 

 and the vegetation gradually assumes the western forms. On 

 the hills at Cargo is rather a glaucous form of E. Cambcu/ei, and 

 this is the last seen of the species in travelling towards the 

 Lachlan. It is here associated with JE. hemiphloia var. alhens, a 

 coalition which only takes place near the western or lowest level 

 of the former, and the eastern or highest part of the latter. 

 Growing with them is E. te7-eticornis var. dealbata. 



The country is generally clear of shrubs, but the larger trees 

 noticed between Cargo and Canowindra were : — Eucalyptus melli- 

 odora, E. fereticornis, E. hemiphloia var. albens, E. Woollsiana, 

 Callitris 7'obusta, and Sterculia diversifolia. The re-appearance of 

 Eucalyptus Woollsia^ia and Callitris robusta denotes a return to 

 the low country. 



Sterculia diversifolia (Currajong) is the well known fodder tree, 

 and there are few plants having a wider range over this State, 

 although it rarely grows in clusters but as isolated trees. It is 

 found over the whole of the area described in these papers, and 

 is dotted nearly all along the coastal districts. It grows on 

 various geological formations, but if it shows any partiality it is 

 first for limestone and then igneous over slate and sandstone. 

 Near Parramatta, at the Pennant Hills quarry, it it found on 

 basalt, while at Newcastle and West Dapto it grows on Permo- 

 Carboniferous formation. At Tillowrie near Milton it may be 

 found in limited quantities on an igneous rock extending only a 

 short distance among the sandstone, and was known as 

 Curranimai by the aborigines who used the young roots as 

 an article of food. The aborigines of the district had a 

 curious belief that to cut one of these trees would produce 

 rain, consequently they were often spoken of as Rain 

 trees. But they must not be confused with two trees of Euca- 

 lyptus macidata (Spotted Gum) which grow on the roadside a few 

 miles to the southward and are known to residents and regular 

 travellers as the " Water Trees," owing to the fact that they have 



