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Yagobie, Moree-Inverell line (R. H. Cambage) ; Warialda ( J.H.M. and 

 'J. L. Boorman), some miles to the east of the preceding locality; Deepwater' 

 (E. C. Andrews) ; Minembah, Whittingham, near Singleton (Roderick 

 Browne), most eastern locality recorded. 



I have also notes that I have received it from Tocumwal, Narrandera, 

 Ivanhoe, via Hay, Wagga Wagga, and Cowra, but as there are no specimens 

 from these localities in the National Herbarium, I ask my many friends 

 to make up the deficiency. 



The following notes of some localities of the species, written by Mr. I?. H. 

 Cambage in 1901, are very interesting. Of course, the species has been 

 found over a greatly extended, area since then. 



Near here. Ei'emeran Homestead, also is f. LnrJnnann-i, Baker (Bull Oak), 

 the first met with in coming from Bourke. This tree has an extensive range, 

 and is very common in the Forbes to Dubbo districts. Although it does not 

 appear to grow in the direct line between Bourke and Euabalong, yet to the 

 cast of this line it extends north and south, covering a strip of country at least 

 100 miles wide, and finally going north-west to Barringun (R. T. Baker) on 

 the Queensland border. Its easterly course is stopped as soon as the cold 

 highlands are approached, it being a distinctly warm-country species. The 

 most eastern points are reached by its creeping up along the valleys of the 

 large rivers. Near the Lachlan there are a few trees on Neila Station, miles 

 south-east of Cowra. Along the elevated parts of the Macquarie it may be 

 found in limited quantities, between Hill p]nd and Bathurst, but its highest 

 point is reached above the latter place, at one mile east of O'Connell ; on the 

 south side, and close to the Fish River, there are about a dozen stunted trees 

 growing on a granite bluff. The specimens collected had only fruit in a very 

 young stage, but the whole of the evidence available, including bark and wood, 

 points to the conclusion that they have been properly identified. The land 

 around is occupied, and it is likely that before long the species will be extinct 

 In this locality. In no other place have I found it growing at an altitude 

 exceeding 2,000 feet above sea-level, and seldom above 1.500 feet. The fact 

 of these trees being stunted may be accounted for by their being in a climate 

 too cold for them ; but whether they are the remnants of a former luxuriant 

 growth in this locality, or simply a few stragglers outside their regular limit, 

 are questions which cannot be answered without considerable investigation. It 

 is fully 25 miles down the river from O'Connell before any other trees of 

 Bull Oak are found, though possibly others may have existed before the 

 country was cleared. 



Other New South Wales localities, by Mr. Cambage, will be found in two 

 papers " On the Botany of the Interior of New South Wales," in the 

 Proceedings for 1902, Vol. xxvii. 



EXPLANATION OF PLATE 70. 



A. Branch with pistilliferous flowers. 



B. Branch with ripe cones. 



c. Winged nut, containing seed. 



n. Branch with staminiferous flowers (from type specimen). 



E. Part of branch, showing portions of two joints. 



F. Whorled bracts representing leaves opened out. 



Casuarina torulosa, Ait. 

 THE FOREST OAK. 



Botanical Name. Torulosa, Latin, torulu$ (diminutive of torus}, a little 

 Tppe or cord; in botany=moniliform (Greek-monile, a necklace), applied 

 to a cylindrical body when it is swollen at regular intervals. In reference 

 to the branchlets, which have a more or less torulose appearance, particularly 

 on drying. 



