368 BOTANY OF NORTH- EASTERN NEW SOUTH WALES, 



seen in the North-East were on the Tweed River, but many noble 

 specimens may be seen dotted over a great part of this region. 

 In different parts of this area there are magnificent forests of 

 various kinds of trees producing timber of great industrial value; 

 the Eucalypts being extensively employed where strength and 

 durability are required, and the more easily worked, softer 

 timbers being largely used for the finer classes of carpentry work. 

 There are many trees producing valuable, and in some instances, 

 highly ornamental timber, which only require to he better known 

 to commerce to be used for many industrial purposes. The 

 largest soft-wood tree producing the most valuable and beautifully 

 marked timber is the "Red Cedar," CedreJa toona Roxb., and it is 

 so eagerly sought by timber-getters that very fine specimens are 

 only to be seen growing in comparatively inaccessible places. In 

 different parts of this region there are heaths covered with 

 dwarf vegetation. The first heath over which I botanised is 

 between Broadwater and Woodburn on the Richmond River, 

 where I was agreeably surprised to find many species of plants 

 that grow in the neighbourhood of Sydney. It was on the 

 borders of this heath, under the partial shade of some species of 

 Eucalyptus and Angophora, that I found the tallest and most 

 floriferous specimens of Hovea longifolia R.Br., and H. linearis 

 R. Br., that I ever set eyes on in any part of Australia. 



Following is a brief description of some of the noteworthy 

 Orders, genera, species and varieties found in the North-East : — 



Ranunculacece are not largely represented, but include three 

 species and a few varieties of Clematis which climb trees and 

 shrubs and sometimes cover rocks on the mountain sides. In 

 the early spring they produce a profusion of white or cream- 

 coloured flowers, which are very effective amongst the surrounding 

 vegetation. Amongst the four indigenous species of Ranunculus 

 one, R. lappaceus Sm., has a rather rare variety which produces 

 semi-double and double flowers of a rich yellow colour. With 

 one exception, Dilleniacece consist of eleven species and two 

 varieties of Hibbertia, the most showy flowering one being //. 

 volubilis Andr. On one occasion I saw this climbing plant 



