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NOTES ON THE BOTANY OF THE INTERIOR OF 

 NEW SOUTH WALES. 



By R. H. Cambagb, L.S. 



(Plate xl, fig. 4.) 

 Part II. — From Cobar to the Bogan River above Nyngan. 



Leaving Cobar, and taking the road south-easterly towards 

 Nymagee, it is found that for about 4 miles most of the timber 

 has been removed owing to settlement in connection with the 

 gold and copper mining carried on in the neighbourhood. Then 

 the following trees are noticed : — 



Eucalyptus intertexta (Gum or Coolabah), E . populi folia (Bimble 

 Box), E. viridis (Whipstick Mallee), Apophyllum anomalum 

 (Currant or Warrior Bush), Capj>aris Mitchelli (Wild Orange), 

 Canthium oleifolium (Lemon Bush), Geijera parvijlora (Wilga), 

 Eremophila Mitchelli (Budtha), Acacia excelsa (Ironwood), A. 

 aneura (Mulga), and Callitris robusta (White Pine). 



After passing the road which turns off to Gilgunnia there are 

 Eucalyptus oleosa (a Mallee), Acacia homalo phylla (Yarran), A. 

 Osivaldi (Miljee or Little Ironwood), Hakea leucoptera (Needle- 

 wood), Heterodendron olecejolium (Rose Bush), Eremophila latifotia 

 (a shrub called Tea Bush north of Cobar, and a useful fodder 

 plant), Eusanus acuminatus (Quandong), Acacia doratoxylon 

 (Currawong), Eucalyptus dumosa (White Mallee) — belts of 

 Yarran on the flats and Mallee on the ridges— and Casvarina 

 Cambagei (Belah). 



At about 22 miles "The Rookery" is reached, near which 

 place is a considerable quantity of limestone. From this point 

 to the Restdown Gold Mines, a distance of about 10 miles, and 



