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THK VICrOiilAN XATQRALIST. 



to Boolara the country is sandy and poor, and the forest is 

 composed of mainly E. obliqua and E. amygdalina, the former 

 somewhat stunted in size. Besides these, there are on the 

 rivers some large E. goniocalj'x. 



Boolara to Mirboo. — Between Boolara and Mirboo there 



Tertiar Sands ^^^ ^^^'° ^^^^^^ '^^ good soil — volcanic (probably 

 and^ciays. '^ older volcauic), separated by wide extents of 

 Volcanic. P°°'' ^'^'^S'^^ ^^ tertiary beds. On the volcanic 

 tracts grow- E. goniocalyx, with some E. 

 amygdalina, regnans, and E. gunii. On the tertiary tracts are 

 E. obliqua and E. capitellata, some of which grow to large 

 size; E. amygdalina, of the narrow-leaved variety; E. gonio- 

 calyx, in the creeks ; and in some of the ridges rather tall 

 examples of E. Sieberiana. At Mirboo the contrast between 

 the forests in the volcanic and the tertiary tracts respectively is 

 ver)- marked. The former is mainly clothed with gigantic 

 E. amygdalina, regnans (Blackbat), and fewer E. globulus and 

 more rarely E. obliqua. The latter country has mainly E. obliqua 

 of large siz_% E, amygdalina, with E. goniocalyx in the gullies. 

 Mirboo North to Mirboo South, Tarwin River. — E. 

 ni ^.mygdalina, regnans, and E globulus from the forest, 

 to the almost complete exclusion of other trees. 

 Mirboo South to Stockyard Creek. — E. amygdalina, 

 Mesozoic '■eg^^^.ns all the way. Next in number E. globulus, 

 Coal then E. obliqua, and lastly E. goniocalyx. The E. 

 Measures, amyg. reg. specially upon the high summits and in the 

 southern fall of the country. Here and there are scattered 

 examples of E. viminalis. 



Foster to the Agnes River. — On the heaths about Foster 

 TT o-i • E. amvgdalina in a dwarf form, and occurring 



Upper Silurian, . , . » i V^ , ,- -n, • 



overlaid by poor, in a larger size at Amevs on the Franklin River ; 

 Trobabfypost^' ^'^° forming a forest' bordering deepened E. 



tertiary and obliqua. In the level country bordering the 



recen Franklin River, and extending to near Muddy 



M soz i Creek, E. obliqua and E. goniocalyx forming 



Coal most of the forests, with a few E. gunii in the 



Measures. ^^^lYleS. 



From Muddy Creek to the Agnes River. — E. gunii of 

 large size, E. goniocalyx, E. globulus, and E. capitellata, the 

 latter increasing in amount on nearing the Agnes River. 



Agnes River to Alberton West. — The belts of timber, 

 such as at Shady Creek and Nine-Mile Creek, are mainly 

 E. capitellata. E. goniocalyx, E. globulus, E. obliqua, and a few 

 E. o-unii in the gullies. About Alberton West E. gunii is the 

 principal Eucalypt. 



Yarram Yarkam. — After leaving the alluvial flats in the Tarra 

 River the forests in the tertiary sands and clays, 



^^anTciayf^^ before reaching Bodman's Creek, are composed 

 of E. capitellata, E. goniocalyx, and E. globulus. 



