584: BOTANY OF THE INTERIOR OF NEW SOUTH WALES, 



The trees growing near the 20-mile post at Limekihis and 

 mentioned as Eucalyi^tiis jnilverulenta, Sims, are the same as those 

 found in the Goulburn to Marulan district and known as Argyle 

 Apple. It has a fibrous short stringy bark and pale glaucous 

 leaves exactly similar to the Goulburn trees, while its timber has 

 the same reddish tint. In going southwards from Limekilns 

 towards Goulburn there seems to be a break of at least 70 or 80 

 miles before the species is again found. The question once more 

 comes up as to whether in such cases as this the growth was 

 formerly continuous, and has partly perished from climatic or 

 other causes, or whether the seeds were originally distributed 

 only at these wide intervals. A careful detailed geological survey 

 of the intervening area would be one necessary part of the 

 research required to assist in the determination of this interesting 

 question. 



In going from Bathurst southwards to Rockley, a distance of 

 about 22 miles, various trees and shrubs noticed near the roadside 

 were : — Eucaly2)tus viminalis, E. Bridyesiana^ E. j^olyanfhema^ E. 

 melliodora, E. Camhagei, E. hcemastoma var. micrantha, E. macro- 

 rhyncha, E. tereticornis, E. cordata, Labill., var., E. ruhida, E. 

 coriacea, E. stellulata, E. dives, Acacia dealbata, A. lanigera, A. 

 discolor, A. diffusa, A. ohtusata, A. armata, A. lunata, Sieb., 

 Casuarina 2)aludosa{X), Calythrix fetragona, and Oia:r stricta,^.^Y. 



For about 10 miles the formation is granite, and the land being 

 cultivated, it follows that the trees are scarce. But about the 

 11- and 12-mile posts are hills of micaceous schist, slate and lime- 

 stone, w^here the flora changes entirely and the plants are fairly 

 numerous. 



On a continuation of these hills towards Wiseman's Creek, the 

 Flannel Flower, Actinotus Helianthi, Labill., may be found, and 

 this is its most western locality in the Bathurst district known 

 to me. 



In their * Research on the Eucalypts ' Messrs. Baker & Smith 

 express the opinion that the t3^pical E. pulveridenta, Sims, which 

 was described in 1819 from a seedling plant grown in a nursery 

 in England, was not the Argyle Apple as commonly supposed. 



