46 BOTANY OF NORTH-AVESTERN NEW SOUTH WALES, 



in the western portion, and several species of the genus Eremo- 

 2)hila are amongst the most showy-flowering shrubs of the 

 interior. There is a yellow-flowering variet}' of E. maculata, 

 F.V.M., but it is rare. Sheep sometimes crop the more dwarf 

 kinds so neatly as to make them appear to have been clipped by 

 shears. Under Lahiatce are included eight indigenous genera and 

 twenty-one species fairly well distributed on both high and low 

 land. Those species of which the leaves are strongl}^ scented are 

 popularly known as '' Blackfellows' Mint." When in bloom many 

 of these plants, especially species of Prostanthera, make a beau- 

 tiful display, and are quite a feature in the landscape. 



Chenopodiacece, either as shrubs, dwarf perennials, or annuals, 

 are found in greater or less abundance almost all over this 

 re^^ion. West of the meridian 150° E., however, they form, 

 speaking generally, a larger percentage of the vegetation than 

 they do east of it. Altogether there are twelve genera and tifty- 

 one species, of which I have figured and described, as to their 

 economic value, twenty-nine of the most valuable ones under the 

 authority of the Government of New South Wales. The genera 

 Atriplex and Kochia Sive most largely represented by species; the 

 former having thirteen and the latter nine. The great value of 

 many of these plants as feed for stock has so often been referred 

 to in my writings that it is not necessary to mention their 

 virtues here. The Order Proteacece includes seven genera and 

 twenty-seven species, which are widely distributed, being more 

 numerous in the eastern than in the western portion, and in some 

 places fairly plentifully. Both the Suborders Nucamentaceoi and 

 Follicular es are represented; the former by eleven species of the 

 genera Petrophila, Isopogon, and Persoonia, and the latter by 

 sixteen species of Grevillea, Ilakea, Lonmtia and Banksia. The 

 tallest-growing species of this Order in the north-west is 

 Grevillea striata, R.Br., and the others, with one exception, are 

 shrubs of a most interesting character. Only one genus, Pimelea, 

 nine species and two varieties of the Thymelece are found in this 

 part of the State, but they are fairly plentiful in many districts. 

 Eitphorhiacece have seven indigenous genera and twenty species, 



