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Habitat . —The following localities are given in the Flora Australiensis :— 
North Australia. 
N.W. Coast (Bynoe) ; Hammersley Range, Nicliol Bay (F. Gregory) ; 
Albert River (Henne). 
Queensland. 
E. Coast (R. Brown) ; Oxley’s Station (Leichhardt); Rockhampton 
(Thozet) : Brisbane River (A. Cunningham, Fraser); Mooni River (Mitchell). 
New South Wales. 
Liverpool Plains (A. Cunningham) ; Bowen and Castlereagh Rivers (F. 
Mueller) ; desert of the Darling, and thence to Stokes Range and Cooper’s Creek 
(Victorian Expedition and others). 
It is a western New South Wales species belonging to the far West. In the 
National Herbarium I have no specimens from the Western line nearer than 
Coolabah, 80 miles on the Sydney side of Bourke. It is not uncommon about 
Narrabri, on the North-western line. About Bourke and Brewarrina, and further 
West, it is by no means rare. 
Some of the localities in the Flora Australiensis , under “ N. Australia,” 
really come within the political boundaries of W. Australia. In Fragm. i., 98, 
Mueller first described it as “A monte Murchison usque ad regiones orientales 
tropicas.” I have it from Wyndham, in North-west Australia, and, generally 
speaking, it is a denizen of the arid portions of all the States except Victoria (and, 
of course, Tasmania). 
Propagation. —From seed ; this is a useful tree, and is one thoroughly 
acclimatised to the droughty conditions of the West. It is one, therefore, that should 
he conserved wherever possible, and should he resown wherever the expenditure will 
admit of it. I feel strongly that in any measure of “ reafforestation ” (and our 
efforts in the West must be on a modest scale) preference should be given to such of 
our native shrubs and trees as are both useful and drought-resisting. 
EXPLANATION OF PLATE 60. 
a. Flowering branch. 
b. Bud. 
c. Expanded flower. 
n. Part of flower, showing (a) disc, ( b) stamen, (c) ovary, ( d) stigma. 
E. Transverse section of ovary. 
F. Stamen. 
G. Petal, front view, with (a) scales or tufts of hair at base of petal. 
h. Petal, back view. 
j. Irregular calyx. 
K. Winged seeds (Samaras). 
l. Leaves showing variation in this species. 
•The photo facing page 122 was taken at Barringun, North-western N.S.W. (Kerry <fe Co., Sydney.) 
Sydney : William Applegate Gullick, Government Printer.—1905. 
