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Sandstone immediately ovei'lying the Narralxen Sbaks; while at The Oaks and near Canii)l>elltown it 

 occurs on the top of fairly thick beds of Hawkcsbury Sandstone, from which the overlying Wianamatta 

 Shale is, in places, only just Ijarely removed. Observations in regard to the distribution of this species 

 tend to show that it docs not seek either a highly siliceous sandstone, or a shale or slate of basic oiigm, 

 but flouiishes best where there is a combination of the two; and while it usually avoids the Hawkesbury 

 Sandstone areas, r.s too siliceous, it is also absent from the deepest portions of the Wianamatta Shale. Its 

 occurrence on this latter formation denotes the presence of sand in the ^^cinity. (R. H. Cambage, in Proc. 

 Linn. Soc. N.S.W., xx vi, 551 (1911).) 



Western Localities .~ln New South Wales the most western locaUty known to 

 me is Poggy, a wild district a few miles from Merriwa. There is also some on the Mudgee. 

 Cassilis road. Parish of Curryall, County of Bligh (Forest Guard J. B. Yeo). This is 

 in the Carjsilis district. 



Nortliern Localities. — Occurs on the Ranges at Ourimbah, 6 miles from Gosford 

 (J.TI.M.). Near Clarence Town (Forest Guard Ikin). 



Common between Newcastle and Maitland (J.H.M.). Maitland (James 

 Backhouse, No. 37, about 1837). Presented by Kew. The type. Ravensworth 

 (Forest Guard L. A. MacQueen). Dungog (W. F. Blakely). 



Taree (E. H. F. Swain). 



Anderson's Sugar Loaf, Macleay River (J. L. Boorman). 



Grafton to Coff's Harbour (J.H.M. and J. L. Boorman). South Grafton (Henry 

 Beano). Lawrence, Clarence River (J. V. de Coque). Lower Southgate, Clarence 

 River (W. W. Froggatt). Very large intermediate leaves ; Copmanhurst, Upper 

 Clarence River (J. L. Boorman). Casino, Richmond River (District Forester Pope). 



Ql EBNSLAND . 



Canungra, near Mt. Warning (J. L. Boorman.) 



Enoggera, Brisbane (F. M. Bailey). With young peltate leaves, Brisbane 

 (J.H.M.). " Fairly large trees of 60-80 feet, with a diameter of 3-4 feet still remain, 

 where it has been preserved against the constant demands on this valuable timber." 

 Waterworks road, Brisbane (J. L. Boorman). Asp ley, 5 miles north of Brisbane 

 (E. Bilbrough). 



" Spotted Gum, Burro, Taylor's Range." (Dr. Ij. Leichhardt, 1843.) 



Hatton Vale, Laidley (W. H. Pimlott). 



Kalbar (formerly Engelsburg), 76 miles west of Brisbane, ma Ipswich and 

 Dungandan (W. H. Martin). 



Gooniboorian Range, near Gympie (R. N. Jolly). Brian Pastures, Gayndah 

 (S. A. Lindeman). Bundaberg (J.H.M.). East of Rockhampton, near sea coast (P. 

 MacMahon). 



The allusions to Spotted Gum by Leichhardt in his " Overland Expedition" 

 are few; two of them are at pages 20 and 48. On the banks of Hodgson's Creek he 

 points out that Spotted Gum and Tronbark (a combination often confirmed since 

 Leichhardt's time) formed the forest, while at Robinson's Creek (p. 48) he found the 

 same two species. 



