444 A J^EW SPKCIES of ACACIA. 



thick scrub, but bush-tires and ringbarking have reduced their 

 numbers. They are to be found in other parts of tliis district, 

 on the top of the Borah range of mountains, as well as in the 

 locality knovvn as the * Mud Hut' Paddock, 'Kir Konel," l)eing 

 some 10 miles up stream from Manilla, on the right bank of the 

 River Namoi."]; Tia Falls, AValcha (W. Forsyth it E. Cheel/: 

 Baan Baa (J. L. Boorman) ; Nemingha, near Tamworth, on 

 serpentine-outcrop (AV. M. Carne) : Gulf Creek, Barraba (J. 

 Batevj: Barber's Pinnacle. Boggabri (R. H. Cambage, iS'o.2470): 

 Bingara (J. L. Boorman): on sand-ridges, near Baradine (J. 

 Winters and G. !>urrows); Narrabri (J. L. Boorman and G. 

 Jiuri-owsi; Warrum bungle Ranges (W. Forsyth); Pilliga Scrub, 

 local name " Motherumbah," 10 feet high, in Pine scrub (E. H. 

 F. Swain): Ashford (J. L. J>oorman); Warialda (E. J. Hadley, 

 Rev. H. M. R. Rupp), the most northerly locality. 



Named in honour of Mr. Edwin Gheel, Senior Botanical 

 Assistant, National Herbarium, Sydney, who has devoted aiany 

 years to the studv of the native Hora. 



