326 BOTANY OF THE INTERIOR OF NEW SOUTH WALES, 



Acacia Oswaldi has a very wide range, but at the same time it 

 is never found in great quantities. I have never found it forming 

 scrubs, and usually each tree grows by itself, often the nearest of 

 the same species being several hundred yards away. The stem is 

 generally less than six inches in diameter and very hard, being a 

 favourite for stockwhip handles, and generally useful where 

 toughness is required. The leaves terminate in short spines, 

 which have earned for the tree the unsuitable name of Dead 

 Finish, the inference being that a traveller entering a cluster of 

 these trees would suddenly find his journey finished owing to the 

 resisting nature of these spikes. Even if this species formed 

 scrubs, the leaves are harmless compared with those of many 

 others. It is probable that the name properly belongs to some 

 other tree, and has been applied to this one by mistake. Still I 

 found it used over a very large area. About half-way between 

 Condobolin and Dandaloo it is known by some as Gidgea, its 

 value for stockwhip handles having probably caused it to be 

 confused with the Bourke species of the same name, A. Camhagei, 

 which is famous over most parts of the colony among stockmen. 



A. pendula was found in one place only, at about 31 miles from 

 Dandaloo, growing on a small patch of black soil among gilgais. 



A. triptera was seen near Wilmatha Hill, about 40 miles north 

 of Condobolin, growing with one stem, but spreading to 8 or 10 

 feet across the top. Its curved, pointed leaves have suggested the 

 name of Wait-a-while, as they decidedly impede locomotion. 

 The species was not found east of this point, and probably does 

 not much exceed it south of the Bogan. 



The Eucalypts noted along this road were : — U. populi folia, E. 

 sideroxylon (in patches), E. Woollsiana, E. tereticornis, var. 

 dealbata, E. viridis, E. intertexta, E. melliodora (Yellow Box), a 

 little of E. oleosa, E. dumosa, and E. rostrata. 



E. intertexta ceases at about 35 miles north of Condobolin, and 

 easterly from that point is not seen again, though it extends 

 northerly. In the Bogan and Lachlan country its eastern margin 

 may be approximately fixed by a line joining Mullengudgery and 

 Condobolin. It goes south-westerly into South Australia, as I 



