BY R. H. CAMBAGE. 579 



Recentl}'' some prominence has been given to the fact that the 

 soft wood of the Queensland Bottle Tree, Sterculia rupestris, 

 Benth., after being sawn and put through a chaff cutter, is useful 

 as a fodder. The branches of the Currajong are little more than 

 bark and wood of a very pithy nature, and may yet be found 

 useful for the same purpose if treated in a similar manner. The 

 tree is a most valuable one to pastoralists, and its conservation 

 should receive every consideration at their hands. Near the 29- 

 mile post, on the Orange to Canowindra road, may be seen a 

 luxuriant growth of these trees on a hillside composed almost 

 wholly of limestone. 



Along the creek banks and flats, near Canowindra, are Casua- 

 rina C iinninghamiana, Eucalyptus rostrata, and E. Bridgesiana. 

 After that the following may be noticed distributed along the 

 road to Cowra : — E. tereticoruis (not plentiful), E. melliodora, E. 

 hemiphloia var. cdhens, E. Woollsiana, Ccdlitris 7'obitsta, Acacia 

 implexa (Hickory), and Sterculia diver sif alia, while Eucalyptus 

 conica (Woolly-butt) may be seen on the flats near Cowra. 



Morongle Creek is situated some few miles above Cowra, and 

 along its banks, as well as on the flats near the Laehlan, E. 

 conica is fairly plentiful. It is locally known under the names 

 of Box, Apple, and Woolly-butt, but there are strong grounds for 

 believing that it was known to the aborigines as Morongle. The 

 latter name, however, appears to have fallen into disuse, and I 

 could only hear of one person who had heard this name from an 

 aborigine. 



From Cowra to Grenfell is about 34 miles westerly, and the 

 Eucal3^pts noticed along the roadside were : — E. rostrata, E. 

 melliodora, E. conica, E. Woollsiana, E. hemijMoia var. alhens, 

 E. tereticoruis, and var. dealhata, E. sideroxylon (Ironbark), E. 

 affinis (White Ironbark or Ironbark Box), E. macrorhyncha, E. 

 polyanthema and E. Bridgesiana. These were all seen before the 

 15-mile post was reached, and each species was again noticed 

 between that point and Grenfell. 



Various shrubs and trees passed between Cowra and Grenfell 

 were : — Callitris robusta, C. calcarata, Sterculia diver sifolia, 



