714 BOTANY OF THE INTERIOR OF NEW SOUTH WALES, 



In addition to the foregoing were — Acacia Oswaldi, A. hakeoides, 

 Cassia eremophila, Canthium oleifolium, Dodonwa viscosa, var. 

 attenuata, Heterodendron olecefolium, and also an Acacia which, 

 from herbarium specimens, seems to be A. dealbata, Link, though 

 I observed it over a distance of at least 200 miles, and never 

 associated it with that species. It is a small tree, ranging from 

 about 6 to 8 feet high, with a diameter from 4 to 6 inches. Its 

 foliage is the usual feather leaves of the " "Wattle," but these are 

 green, and scarcely ever have that glaucous appearance so well 

 known on the Silver Wattle (A. dealbata) of the cold highlands. 

 Still I noticed this feature in a slight degree towards the 

 Murrumbidgee, but never north of the Lachlan. From its colour 

 it looks more like a dwarf form of A. decurrens. It has an 

 extensive range, as will be seen from my notes which follow, 

 where it will be referred to as A. dealbata (green variety). 



Next in order were — Eucalyptus viridis, E. oleosa, E. dumosa, 

 Casuarina Cambagei, Bertya Cuuninghamii, and Acacia colleti- 

 oides. 



At about a dozen miles from Mount Boppy another Eucalypt 

 is added to the list. This is E. Woollsiana, Baker, a box tree 

 with clean greyish-white limbs, and generally an erect useful 

 trunk. This species is perhaps more plentifully distributed in 

 the western district than any other Eucalypt, and in places grows 

 up to 100 feet high, with a diameter from 3 to 4 feet. From 

 general appearance its greatest affinity seems to be with E. 

 hemiphloia, but the fruits and leaves of that tree are larger. 

 Yet, in coming easterly from Nymagee, the fruits of E. Woollsiana 

 become larger and the leaves broader, especially in young tree*, and 

 at times almost sufficiently so to cause confusion with E. hemiphloia. 

 It has various local names, one of the commonest being White 

 Box, but in places along its western area, chiefly between Nyngan 

 and Nymagee, where it grows near mallee, it is often called 

 Mallee Box, from an erroneous impression that in its young stage ' 

 it is a mallee. B} T the casual observer, it is sometimes confused 

 with the large form of E. viridis, which is also in places called 

 Mallee Box, but with this tree it has no field affinities. The 



