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on the granite. This species is also rare on the purely sandstone 

 soils around Sydney and on the Blue Mountains. The fact of 

 its occurrence at an elevation of about 3,400 feet in this 

 Mountain Area, while at the same time it flourishes in the dry 

 Interior near Cobar, etc., furnishes evidence of its adaptability 

 to environment. Its home, however, is usually below an altitude 

 of 2,000 feet in New South Wales. 



The widely distributed Correa speciosa (sometimes called Wild 

 Fuchsia) was noticed at intervals on the granite, and displayed 

 the usual variation in the colour of its long tubular flowers, some 

 being creamy-white, while others were red with green tips. 



An interesting species of Pultensea (Nos.1821 and 1621a) was 

 found growing in the swampy land or wet flats, and flowering at 

 the end of September. The plants usually consist of a single 

 stem, though sometimes branching, up to about 2 feet, terminat- 

 ing in a dense head of bright yellow florets. This appears to be 

 .a new species. 



The locality has a plentiful supply of Wattles, thirteen species 

 of Acacia being noticed. Although the plant identified as A. 

 Murrayana was flowering in July, no pods were procurable in 

 September to assist in the determination of this Acacia which 

 seems to be rare in New South Wales. A. viscidula is a spread- 

 ing shrub about 3-4 feet high, and occurs among the flat granite 

 rocks. An Acacia (No. 1622) about 10-12 feet high was seen on 

 the granite formation, having reddish-brown stems, long narrow 

 1-nerved phyllodia, and very (young) long narrow pods. 



Eucalyptus capitellata is common around Torrington, and has 

 very large coarse leaves. This species is found on Mount Lofty 

 in South Australia, and continues intermittently through Vic- 

 toria and along the eastern part of New South Wales to the 

 locality under discussion. 



Casuarina Luehmanni comes from the drier parts of South 

 Australia and Victoria, through the interior of this State; and 

 it is of interest to note that these two species have arrived, by 

 totally different routes, at a spot which is climat ca y suitable 



