580 BOTANY OF THE INTERIOR OF NEW SOUTH WALES, 



Macrozamia secunda, C. Moore (a dwarf form of Cycad found in 

 various western areas chief!}" on sandstone ridges), Casitarina 

 quadrifcdvis, Acacia diffusa (sometimes called Pin Bush from the 

 shape of the rigid pointed leaves), Exocmyus cujiressiformi^, and 

 Pterostylis rpjiexa, R.Br. 



Going north from Grenfell along the Goolagong road for about 

 nine miles, and then turning to the right for three miles, the 

 following trees and shrubs were noted : — Eucalyptus hemfiiphloia 

 var. alhens^ E. tereticornis and var. dealhata, E. raeUiodora^ E. 

 Woollsiana, E. macrorhyncha, E. sideroxylon, E. Bridgesiana, E. 

 couica, E. rostrata, E. affinis, E. polyanthema^ Callitrls calcarata, 

 C. robusta, Acacia doratoxylon (Currawong), A. dealhata (green 

 variety), A. hakeoides, Casuarina quadrivalvis (She Oak or 

 Mountain Oak), C. Luehmanni (Bull Oak), Lpptospermurti 

 scojmrium, Forst. (Tea Tree, the form with narrow pointed leaves), 

 StercuUa diversifolia, Pittosporum phillyroioides, Eusamis acumi- 

 natus (Quandong), Exocarpus cupressiformis , Eriostemon myopo- 

 rides, DC, and Cassinia sp. 



The rabbits had eaten the bark off the roots of the Currawong 

 trees in many cases. 



About four miles north-easterly from Grenfell, on the Newgrove 

 Road, are Eucalyptus hcemastoma var. micrantha, and Acacia 

 obtusata (I). 



Between Orange and Cadia, a distance of about 15 miles, the 

 country is basaltic most of the way and for the greater part 

 elevated. The Eucalypts growing near the road w^ere : — E. vimi- 

 7ialis, E. rubida, E. Bridgesiana (3-m.), E. coi-iacea, E. stelhdata 

 (4-m.), E. aggy^egata, Deane and Maiden (5-m.), E. dives (8-m.), E. 

 vimiiialis, E. coriacea, E. macrorhyncha, E. stelhdata (12-m.), E. 

 Cambagei, E. melliodora and E. dives. 



Other trees and shrubs were : — Acacia dealhata (Silver Wattle), 

 A. melauoxylon [T\ (7-m.), Banksia inargriiata, Cav. (Honeysuckle), 

 Exocaiyus c2ip7'essiJ'o7'inis, E. striata, R. Br., Leptospermum sp., 

 and Casuarina Cunniughamiana, the latter growing along the 

 banks of the creek at Cadia. These River Oaks extend for some 

 miles along the creek above Cadia, as well as downwards to the 



