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the first half the country is level, open, treeless plains, 

 though several flat topped hills, possibly outliers of Upper 

 Cretaceous formation, may be seen on the right. Not a 

 single tree was recorded up to sixty-five miles, but beyond 

 this point the following plants were noticed: — Capparis 

 lasiantha, FUndersia maculosa (Leopard wood, Meliacese), 

 Ventilago viminalis, Atalaya hemiglauca, Heterodendron 

 olecefolium, Cassia sp., Acacia homalophylla A. Cunn. ? 

 (Boree), A. Cambagei (Gidgea), A, stenophylla (Native 

 Willow), A. Bidivilli ?, A. Farnesiana, Eucalyptus micro- 

 theca (Ooolabah), E. terminalis ? (Bloodwood), E. rostrata 

 (River Red Gum, towards Thomson River), Loranthus sp., 

 Carissa ovata, Eremopliila Mitchelli, Grevillea striata, 

 Santalum lanceolatum. 



At a little more than half way from Winton to Longreach 

 the trees provisionally identified as Acacia homalophylla 

 (Boree, No. 3971) are first met with, and are common 

 around Longreach, reaching a height of about twenty feet. 

 The linear, silvery phyllodes, finely striate with numerous 

 parallel obscure veins, are about three to four inches long, 

 by 2 to 4 mm. broad, and usually with slightly curved points. 

 The species evidently flowers late in July, for on 4th Sep- 

 tember young glaucous, flat, narrow pods were obtained, 

 measuring from two to three inches long by 3 to 4 mm. 

 broad. In general appearance these trees closely resemble 

 the Gidgea (A. Cambagei), but the phyllodes and pods of 

 the latter are broader and the veins more prominent, 

 besides other differences. 



LONGREACH TO ROCKHAMPTON. 



Longreacli is 612 feet above sea level, and 428 miles by 

 rail from Rockhampton, and is situated on the Thomson 

 River, which, after being joined by the Barcoo, is known as 

 Cooper's Creek and flows into Lake Eyre. The surrounding 



