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NOTES ON THE NATIVE FLORA OP N. S. "WALES, IX., 



Plants were collected by the roadside from Barraba to Mount 

 Lindsay Station, on the head of the Horton lliver, and also on 

 the alkaline and acid rocks up to elevations of about 5,000 feet, 

 and including the summit of Kaputar. From the homestead, the 

 route afterwards followed was partly down Maule's Creek fi'om 

 near its source, over rhyolites and Permo-Carboniferous forma- 

 tion, and some black-soil plains to the Namoi River at Boggabri 

 which is about 820 feet above sea-level. 



Rainfall. — According to the records at the Sydney Observa- 

 tory, the following are the average rainfalls, and the number of 

 rainy days at some localities in and around the area described in 

 this paper. The figures are :— 



Manilla 

 Banal )a 

 Bingara... 

 May Vale 

 Mount Lindsay 

 Giinnedah 

 Boggabri 

 Narrabri 



Rainy 



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Barraba to May Vale. 



During a hurried drive from Barraba to May Vale, at eleva- 

 tions varying from about 1,650 to 2,000 feet, the following plants 

 were noticed : — 



Ranunculack^ : Ranunc^ilus lappaceus Sm. (Buttercup), B. sp. 



DiLLENiACEiE : Hibhertia linearis R.Br. 



Malvace^ : Modiola Ju?i/^(^o?a Moench (introduced), Pavonia 

 hastata Cav. 



Leguminos^ : Swainsona tephrotricha F.v.M., Ilardenbergia 

 monophylla Benth. (False Sarsaparilla), Acacia armata R.Br. 



RoSACEiE : Rubus parvifolius L. 



MYRTACEiE : Anyophora suhvelutina F.v.M. (Apple Tree), Euca- 

 lyptus melliodora A. Cunn., (Yellow Box), E. albens Miq., (White 

 Box), E. tereticornis Sm., (Forest Red Gum), E. melanophloia 

 F.v.M., (Silver-leaved Ironbark), E. macrorrhyncha F.v.M., 



