FOREST VEGETATION. 27 
warmer is usually composed of white yr and a inter- 
mixed more or less with yellow | box (sp. No. resstiom bicolor (?), 
5a lyptus z 
rich red friable basaltic oles such as specimen marked @ 
appear vee be always characterized by a forest growth, consisting 
for the most part of stringy-bark (36), with one or two specimens 
of half-barked trees, such as mes —_ or blackbut, with a a 
undergrowth of wattle, _— and wild hop (Daviceia latifolia). 
very large tract of this class of soil occurs to the west o ce 
elk 
Although those localities a considerably in elevation above 
the sea level, and thei oe es vary quite ser aid to show 
their effect on the fore i eecdie so far as other timbers 
concerned, they are al! characterized by the sapsli kind of vegeta- 
tion ; and 'T have pba micas ed a any tunbers on one of them that 
are 1.0t found on the others 
he white box rt to grow chiefly on stiff red or black 
trappean soils, and while it occupies the largest portion of the 
ridges and elevated exgand the ic anyone (Angophera subvelutina) 
predominates on the flat e gum (specimen No. Pe how- 
ever, occasionally grows in = st situations—in fact, so far as the 
particular region in question is concerned, this een app 
t 
ent 
E. resinifera, which for the most part eoune ‘onipoor s 
On —_ soils-the Darling pea (Sw mia 'galogifolia ap 
to flourish luxuriantly. This pest is is gradually but surely satay 
its way “ie to the table-land from the warmer and richer regions 
flockmasters.. heard ears ago this plant was comparatively rare 
on the Rock un, which is situated to the east of Ashford, 
and just with i an confines of New England ; but I was informed 
by l at 
the crying capac of the Fun by nearly one-half. aa 
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