BY R. H. CAMBAGE. 689 



In following the Lachlan River from Forbes to Condobolin, 

 which is westerly about 60 miles, the species chiefly seen are 

 those which belong to river country. Eucalyptus rostrata and 

 E. meUiodora continue all the way. E. conica is plentiful. E. 

 WooUsiana and E. tereticornis occur at intervals, while E. tereti- 

 cornis var, dealbata is only seen where the hills come near the 

 river as at Jemalong. This is the spot where it may be seen 

 growing about 20 yards from the River Red Gum (E. rostrata), 

 but showing no gradation towards that species (mf/e Part ii., p. 7 13). 

 E. popxdifolia occurs some miles below Forbes, and this spot 

 marks its most easterly limit on the Lachlan. E. largijlorens is 

 met with a few miles above Condobolin, which denotes its most 

 easterly point on the Lachlan. In travelling across from Forbes 

 past Lake Cowal to the Murrumbidgee above Narrandera, this 

 species was not seen again, but it extends south-westerly into 

 Victoria and South Australia as well as northwards along the 

 Darling and its tributaries, though seldom leaving the ri\'er or 

 damp flat country. E. sideroxylon is never found in river 

 country, consequently it is not noticed except on a ridge just 

 north of Condobolin. 



The Casuarinas noted were : — C. Luehmanni, C Cunning- 

 hamiana and C. Camhagei. Other trees passed were: — Callitons 

 robusta, Heterodeiidron olecefolium (Rosewood), Hakea leucoptera 

 (Needlewood), Eremophila Mitchelli, and Pittosporum philly- 

 rceoides, the last named being pointed out to me by several as the 

 tree known by the aborigines as Berrigan or Barrigan. Its 

 drooping foliage, always attractive, is beautified in the autumn 

 by a considerable quantity of yellow fruit. Although this species 

 may be found extending over a very large area in this and 

 adjoining States, it always appeared to me to be scarce, and was 

 generally noticed as a solitar}^ tree. ''The reason of this is partly 

 owing to its popularity as a fodder plant; and without conserva- 

 tion its extermination seems inevitable. 



The Acacias are represented by A. Oswaldi (often called Dead 

 Finish), A. pendula (Boree or Myall), A. honiahphylla, A. steao- 

 phylla, A. saliciaa (Cooba), and the Silver Wattle A. dealbata. 



