200 BOTANY OF THE INTERIOR OP NEW SOUTH WALES, 



avoid noticing the woody taste which is in evidence if the water 

 is collected in a vessel and allowed to stand. 



Mr. Surveyor E. A. Harris informs me that in the dry country 

 back from the Murray River the wild pigs break up the roots of 

 the Mallee, which are apparently their chief water supply. 



At about 20 miles north of Mudall, and a few miles south of 

 Nyngan, is a clump of Acacia harpophylla (Brigalow), noticed in 

 1892, 



The Eucalypts noticed were E. largiflorens, E. populifolia 

 (Bimble Box), E. intertcxta, E. Woollsiana, E. dumosa, E. oleosay 

 and E. rostrata (River Red Gum). 



E. largiflorens was seen near the Bogan, and not again until 

 the Lachlan was reached. 



E rosti^ata was not seen after leaving the Bogan, till it was 

 found on a creek at Pangee Homestead. 



From Pangee to Nymagee, a distance of about 28 miles westerly, 

 there are : — Callitris rohusta, Exocarpus aphylla, Apophyllum 

 anomalum, Erenwphila MitcheJli, E. lo7iyifolia (Emubush), 

 Hakea leucoptera, Helichrysum Cunniyighamii, Geijera parvifloray 

 Heterodendron olecEfolium, Capparis Mitchelli^ Myoporum deserti, 

 Canthium oleifolium. Cassia eremophila, Fusanus acuminatus, 

 Celastrus Cunninghamii (a shrub with small pink fruits and 

 bitter leaves), Bossima sp. (without flowers), Sterculia diversifolia^ 

 Beyeria vicosa, and Casuarina Camhagei. 



Heterodendron olecefolium is known here and to the eastward, 

 towards Dubbo, both as Rosewood and Whitewood, the confusion 

 having probably arisen in the following manner : — Xorth of 

 Nyngan and around Bourke the tree known as Whitewood is 

 Atalaya hemiglauca; and the wood, which is not extremely hard 

 for a western timber, is white right through. It is seldom to be 

 found to the south of Nyngan, but the other tree, Heterodendron 

 olecefolium, is, and in young trees the wood is all white, while the 

 bark somewhat resembles that of Atalaya hemiglauca^ which 

 partly accounts for the confusion. In mature trees of Heteroden- 

 dron oleoifolium, which reach a height of 40 feet, with a diameter 

 up to 2 feet, the centre wood turns red, which suggests the name 



