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NOTES ON THE NATIVE FLORA OF NEW SOUTH 



WALES. 



By R. H. Cambage, F.L.S. 



Part vi. Deepwater to Torrington and Emmaville. 



(Plates i.-ii.) 



( Continued from These Proceedings, 1906, p.Jj.52). 



For purposes of a general classification, the flora of New South 

 Wales may be considered under four sections, which may be 

 roughly described as severally characterising the Coastal Area, 

 the Mountain Area, the Western Slopes, and the Interior. The 

 locality dealt with in this paper falls within the north-western 

 part of the Mountain Area, west of the Great Dividing Range 

 (Text fig.l) and consequently contains some plants which ascend 

 the valleys from the Western Slopes. The presence of some 

 Coastal and Interior plants is also referred to and discussed in 

 relation to geological and climatic influences. The material for 

 this paper was obtained during two short visits to the locality in 

 July and September, 1907, and as the flowers were late owing 

 to the dry spring, many species would necessarily be overlooked, 

 and the list must therefore be regarded as incomplete. 



The average annual rainfall in this part of New England is 

 approximately 34 inches, while the general elevation above sea- 

 level varies from about 3,000 to 3,500 feet, or about 4,000 feet 

 around Torrington. Although the rainfall is considerable, it 

 is much less than that on the coast to the eastward, though 

 greater than that of the Western Slopes, which again exceeds 

 that of the Interior. The aspect is chiefly a western one, 

 but owing to the extent and height of the country around 

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