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NOTES ON THE BOTANY OF THE INTERIOR OF 

 NEW SOUTH WALES. 



By R. H. Cambage. 



(Plates xxxi.-xxxiii.) 



Part V. — From Parkes to Marsden. 



In following the road from Parkes to Forbes, which is southerly 

 about 20 miles, the following species were noticed : — Callitris 

 rohusta (White or Cypress Pine), Casuarina Luelwiannd (Bull 

 Oak), JEremophila Mitchelli (Budtha or Sandalwood), Myoporum 

 deserti (Dogwood), Eucalyptus melliodora (Yellow Box), E. Wooll- 

 siana (Box), E. hemiphloia var. alhens (White Box), E. conica 

 (Apple Box), E. rostrata (River Red Gum) on Goobang Creek, 

 and a few trees of the following three species. Acacia Oswaldi, 

 A. hoiyialophylla (Yarran), and Pittosp)orum phillyrcEoides. One 

 plant was found of an Acacia which resembles A. acinacea, Lindl., 

 but in the absence of flow^ers and pods it has not been definitely 

 identified. 



On some ridges about three miles north-westerly from Parkes 

 Eucalyptus sideroxylon (Ironbark), and E. affinis, Deane and 

 Maiden (White Ironbark) may be found. 



On reaching the Lachlan River at Forbes, Casuarina Cunn- 

 inghamiana, Miq., (River Oak) is seen for the first time. This 

 species invariably follows the banks of streams, and in deep 

 valleys its dark green foliage is conspicuous for many miles, 

 thereby serving to indicate to an observer in an elevated position 

 the courses of rivers and large creeks. Most of our western 

 rivers have two reliable species following along the water's edge. 

 These are C . Cunninghamiana and Eucalyptus rostrata, their 

 difference in allocation being that the former takes possession of 



