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BOTANY OF NORTH-EASTERN NEW SOUTH WALES, 



Climate. 



Temperatui 

 Mean temperature 

 Mean Summer temperature 

 Mean Winter temperature 

 Highest temperature (shade) 

 Lowest temperature (shade) 



e of Grafton. 



68-5° 

 77-1° 

 58-1° 

 118-0° 

 20-9° 



F. 



The temperature will range from a few degrees higher in the 

 extreme north to a few degrees lower in the extreme south, but 

 those mentioned will give a good idea of the climate of North- 

 Eastern New South Wales. 



Rainfall. 

 The average annual rainfall at Grafton is 53f inches, but it 

 ranges from 73| inches in the extreme north to 58£ inches in the 

 extreme south. That is the highest average annual rainfall in 

 any part of New South Wales. 



Water. 



In addition to its abundant rainfall the North-East is watered 

 by the following rivers, some of which are navigable for a con- 

 siderable distance from their estuaries : — Tweed, Richmond 

 Clarence, Bellinger, Nambucca, Macleay, Hastings and Manning 

 There are several smaller rivers and numerous creeks, also a 

 number of small lakes and swamps containing large quantities of 

 permanent water. 



The Flora. 



Immediately after my arrival in Australia in 1874, the 

 Government of Queensland sent me on a botanical excursion into 

 the southern part of that State, and it was at Point Danger, near 

 the entrance to the Tweed River, that I first saw Pandanus 

 pedunculatus R.Br., and Ischcemum triticeum R.Br., growing in. 

 New South Wales. Although it is so long ago I have a vivid 

 recollection of them. The former was growing on the sea-ward 

 side of a grassy knoll and the latter on the shelving sides of the 

 rocky prominence. There were, of course, many other plants in 



