BY R. H. CAMBAGE. 709 



still on the road from Cobar to Nymagee, there are Acacia 

 08Waldi, A. homalophylla,Canthiu?n oleifolium, Eucalyptus po])u- 

 lifolia, Apophyllum anomalum (Currant Bush, of whose fruits 

 bronzewing pigeons and emus are fond). 



Here and elsewhere was noticed a shrub up to 6 and 8 feet 

 high, in general appearance much like Fremophila Mitchelli 

 (Budtha), but always growing in shrub-form, with sticky leaves. 

 It was collected in various places between Bourke and Nymagee, 

 but owing to the season of the year (May and June) no specimen 

 was obtained that would enable the plant to be identified. 



Other trees passed were — Pittosporum phillyrceoides (Berrigan 

 or Little Whitewood), Geijera parvifiora (Wilga), Eucalyptus 

 oleosa, and E. intertexta (Gum). Wherever this last-named tree 

 grows it can be readily identified at a distance by its pale foliage 

 and white limbs. In going west in the train this species is first 

 sighted a few miles on the Dubbo side of Nyngan, and thereafter 

 is generally in view till the river soil of the Darling is reached 

 at about 20 miles from Bourke. It seems to avoid what is 

 known as river country and grows only in the dryer parts. 

 Near Girilambone I have known it mistaken for E. melliodora, 

 A. Cunn., (Yellow Box), chiefly owing to the colour and smooth- 

 ness of the bark on the upper part of the trunks, but with a 

 little practice the two species can be separated by the foliage alone. 

 E. melliodora does not grow at Girilambone so far as I know. 

 In the colour of the sap and of the wood there is a distinct 

 difference. 



Next in order were — Eremophila Mitchelli, Hakea leucoptera, 

 Heterodendron olecefolium, Acacia colletioides, Cassia eremophila, 

 Acacia aneura, Exocarpus aphylla, Fusanus acuminatus, Casua- 

 rina Cambagei (still with pale branchlets), Acacia hakeuides, 

 Eucalyptus dumosa, Capparis Mitchelli, Eucalyptus Morrisii (a 

 Mallee, on a pebbly hill growing with Acacia doratoxylon and A. 

 decora), Callitris robusta, Helichrysum. Cunninyhamii (a shrub), 

 Eucalyptus viridis, Dodona j a viscosa, var. atteuuata, Myoporum 

 deserti, and a mallee scrub of Eucalyptus oleosa, E. dumosa, and 

 E. viridis. 



