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east of Melbourne, near the 'Yan Yean,' in the north, to 

 Cranbourne in the south, red and white gums prevail. 

 Throughout eastern Victoria, ' ironbark ' (Eucalyptus leu- 

 coxylon — rough - barked variety), ' lightwood,' and native 

 honeysuckle (Banksia) are found in various localities. In 

 western Victoria, save in the central range, the country is 

 less mountainous, and in the northern parts large treeless 

 plains are of frequent occurrence. The ' stringy-bark ' holds 

 its own in the mountain ranges, and is abundant near some 

 parts of the coast. The 'lightwood' is found in large 

 patches on the range stretching from Mount Ida (Heath- 

 cote) to Lake Cooper (Corop), and also in the localities 

 of Campbellfield, Rodney, Kilmore, and in the south-west 

 near Branxholme, Hamilton, and towards Portland Bay. 

 Ironbarks are found on many ranges, in the vicinity of 

 various gold-fields. They are plentiful around Dunolly, 

 Tarnagulla, Whroo, Redcastle, and Talbot ; in fact, they 

 are met with in patches throughout Victoria generally, 

 Sheoaks are largely distributed over many portions of the 

 colony ; they are numerous in the Port Philip district, 

 especially at Geelong and also at Western Port. Along the 

 banks of the river Loddon, and the left bank of the Murray 

 for nearly its whole length, gum-trees of various kinds, 

 particularly the 'box-gum,' so often mentioned, and the 

 myall Acacia (A. homalophylla) are abundant, stretching out 

 into the plains in belts or in clumps. In a vast portion 

 of north-western Victoria, which may be roughly marked 

 on the map by drawing a line from the extreme east of 

 Dimboola, north to Lake Victoria, and again obliquely 

 north from Dimboola to the Murray at Swan Hill, immense 

 tracts of waste land occur, principally covered by the well- 



