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Two well-known New England trees, viz., Eucalyptus coriacea 

 A. Cunn. (White Ash of the north, or Snow Gum of Kosciusko) 

 and E. stellulata Sieb. (Black Ash or Black Sally), seem absent 

 from the locality examined, but had there been any extent of 

 basaltic soil both species might have been expected. 



Among the various features connected with the flora of the 

 area described, perhaps the most notable observed was the 

 remarkable way in which a large number of Sydney plants had 

 crossed the Main Dividing Range, and acclimatised themselves 

 at an elevation approaching 4,000 feet above sea-level, either 

 chiefly owing to their having discovered a suitable geological 

 formation with a fair rainfall, and some shelter from the cold and 

 drying effects of westerly gales, or that the westerly influence 

 becomes less as northern latitudes are approached. 



Other matters of extreme interest are the richness of the acid 

 granite flora, and the exclusiveness of some species for their 

 favoured geological formations. 



I am much indebted to Messrs. J. H. Maiden, F.L.S., and E. 

 Betche for assistance in identifying some of the plants. 



My thanks are due to Mr. E. C. Andrews, B.A., for assisting 

 me to complete my collections, and for useful hints in regard to 

 the influence of the local geological formations with which he is 

 familiar. 



I have also to thank Miss Daisy Hawkins of Torrington for 

 sending flowers which were not procurable at the time of my 

 visit. 



EXPLANATION OF PLATES. 



Plate i. 

 Eucalyptus Galeyi Maiden, Drooping Ironbark. 



Plate ii. 



Eucalyptus crebra F.v.M., Narrow-leaved Ironbank, on the right; E. Caleyi 

 Maiden, Drooping Ironbark, on the left. 



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