Z. iisiaKSJia is fefegnidsed ligr iSs sliarmlj|)j- girowtii, Itas lea^ies mindii Mke feose €£ 

 J-. ' ----c-"^^. flig lea&sSalks sEiGEt. tfce 3®wK-siiaJMet3 tMek and 'vay atbreTiatei the Ed 

 t : : . - T : . : _. r .-_iiia--€dls laSisr less dorej^aiit amd fimtB like E. capitellaita and E. macro rrtjTiciia. 



lbs Jaisali in ite Ixomid natree i^hhe seems moTre mdifeEeitt to saEl amd sitaatisma Jihst" 

 ^■:s7 odier Kieaibrpte. bat it aw^ iMst and dirr tracts of arantrr. I sa'w it descend on sand^ 

 n.'i^es and cafeaiessK dedififeies dose t© flte sea-sEiQiieSr traced fir as a skcitb to tte rocfcj" STinunits 

 t£ ilee StidiiJg'""s Bange (neaidNr 3l6(M> feet Tbig fti^t amd nefeed it ta* eooae doiWM eiea t® wet fiats. 

 Bnfc its desdofanaat S>f estemswre tiialier-feests takes place on tte ranges of older rocks, still 

 widiiii tie inftisasee ot tfee sea-air, as sko-'wii oa tie forest-^nap' issued hj ttie Hon. Malcolm. Fraser, 

 tise liJwigteF d die lands Xtepartmeat of West AmstEalia : — tfais it esteads seldom tejond fiSiy 

 — -"r- :r zirlf :oa5t.aHd«i»He it stcetclies ianrtier inland, as towards tiie sonxces of tEieBIackw'QQd- 

 r.iT-~. z^i .raiinrals^»ests mseet in a edHmparaEEveSf mefet region the cooling inflnence Ibotk rf 

 -Bresteajly amd scntbadhr Isiefizes feeaa two dEferemt s&sres : fciit tie motrntainQTis nature of tke 

 exmatiT in tfeafc diiestioiii and posaMjr ifes geologie eoiiiSgmiration maj" sUsa is. tfee eaese e£ tie tree 

 iSiss tiasdii^ meee inJand. Jarralt-tEees do not enter t© any extent tie forests of tie Ka^Tri 

 (E. dbnasiceltH) es- €^ Ae TTestem "WMfce Gsnm (E. redDmca) or of tie York Grnm-tree (E. loso- 

 pldeba); the Sist Tp ylairing E. maigiaata in a teroad littoral teEt 'between Cage Xeerorfn and tie 

 lover Gcsdsii-Bni'^ (and lang' agaiia femted hj E. feifbEa), wiile E. rednnca constitutes 

 ppCTaiKB^r Hee Sspsis of tiie dnse eastena pejrtEoms of tie coast-iaHges, E. losopileba occnpying 

 a sSiip c£ cofflntofjr al twmg tlse naiddEe of tite E. redanea-r^ioi% tIsTis dnriding tie latter imta two 

 puts : tisE distribnSiQa fe mled pediaps HMJie ijr climatic than }>t geologic agencies. HiroiigioTit 

 raeaj^ ld»e wisde i^jem ei its laage tie Janai is largelr mixed witi E. calopiTlIa (tie Sontiv- 

 "West Aostialiaii Bed Gam-izee or fficadwoed-treeX wMci tiere nest to E. margtnata is tie moat 

 &eqoait eC she gB^aeiciis fifrest-ferees^ Ir rinitg imtsEspersed as well among E. redmica as among 

 E. kscpM^a, wlieire theF piedoiiiaiiiate. feelated pateies of straggling Jarrai-trees occmr in 

 some plae^ IjeyiHsd the maia-aiea Iteie iisdieated as oeeojied hj this species. 



E. maEgiata s not a tree cf ia]Hd g i ft]>*iil t amd tiezeSs^e ibot one of earljr regeneration eitier, 

 a fiet 'wliieii in tlie d^ieeal of its pnjsjHhug. fia t agts ^oold tioDgit&llT lie borne in mind. It 

 floras &(Mn October to DeeanlieF. The steaiHiia of tie leaires were found by na iere eitier 

 vbcfir hvfegsame fioan llCt^QOO to 2Q0,CI€0 (si a s^Bare inei, or ieterogenoos, varying &om 

 50,000 to TOjOOO. 



Mr. Aug. G^^mj infannnw US, 3iat scmse of ^le alior^iical tribes used to call tie tree 

 •* Jerrik^" tbafc it grows psiaeqaDhf on a eemes^manj ironstone, wMci ie considers oolitiic. He 

 Dotieed it also on deep sands lestiag on irtustooe-^rEmatioB!, but timber obtained &om sand is not 

 eqaal in fahie to that fiom tite Baizes, and bis t^tirtjr years' experience as a tniveller in West 

 Anstnlia led bim to oteer^ tbat E. mazginata ^ confined to areas, wiici are witiin tie 

 ¥ii<hipiirt> of die pienilii^ moist soodt-vestezn soimii£]r-win&. 



In ivfriTJ iig to tbe almcst nmifalled siqiencHri^ of the Jarrai-timber as well nigi inde- 

 stnictiliie and ]net easiljr ironed, we may q[note here tbe fa^h anthoritj of a professioaal Judge, 

 Mr. H. E. TictoT, CLE., Swan BiTS', who alter a l«ng local experieotce reported on tils wood 

 enhstandaDy as fiAms Sir tbe FSuis Exhilittion of 1878 : " Qpoi to air and weatier. on wind- 

 aad vater-line, imdo' tbe sofl or snlmezged, it is not materially affected, remaining intact atter 

 neatly fifty years' tiiaL The chcMcst timber is obtained from the summit of tie granite- and 

 iroBStone-nnges ; trees grown od sandy plains near the sea yield a timber of inferior cpiality. 



