122 THE AUSTRALIAN NATURALIST, 
I could have elaborated on this, but. you can read between 
the lines and fill up the vacant places. ‘The work is of great 
magnitude, but it offers an outlet for those of our members who 
are specialising—work for the chemist, artist, photographer, 
orator, work for all and a solution of ow membership problem. 
Just think it out with the map of Australia in front of you, the 
map of this vast and glorious country ofours, and thank the 
powers that be, and the men who so nobly died for it, that it is 
your privilege also to do something for the land of your adop- 
tion, if not your birth. 
THE FLORA OF MARRANGAROO, COUNTY OF COOK. 
By E. C. Cutsnoum, M.B., Cu.M., R.A.O.U., 
1920-1922 
Marrangaroo is situated, in the County ‘of Cook, on the 
Main Western line, 100 miles distant from Sydney as the rail- 
way runs, and about 75 miles by air line from the coast, at an 
elevation of 3,076 feet above sea level. 
It lies in a depression with hills all around varying in height 
from roughly 600 to 700 feet above the lower level. This lower 
level country is undulating and covered by open forest. The 
distance from the hills on the west to those on the east is from 
two to three miles, and north and south from three to four 
miles. Middle River, which has its origin about seven miles in 
a nor-easterly direction, drains this area and then runs its course 
through the hills to Cox’s River, about four miles away in very 
rugged country, the junction being almost due south. 
Temperature.—I have not known this over 90 Fh. in the sum- 
mer, but twice have recorded it as low as 16°Fh. in the winter. 
Rainfall.—Between 40 and 50 inches per annum. 
I take this opportunity of recording my great indebtedness 
to the Director of the Botanic Gardens, Mr. J. H. Maiden, for 
his ‘help in getting the specimens identified for me and for his 
kindly courtesy at all times, and also to Mr. W. F. Blakely, Bo- 
tanical Assistant, National Herbarium, for his valuable assist- 
ance and many helpful hints and by whom the main work: of.~ - 
-identifivation’ has been done. 
The distribution of the eucalypts is interesting. On the lower 
level forest country are found 2. rubida, FE. maculosa, EH. Dal- 
rympleana, E. coriacea, H. stellulata, L. aggregata (withthe. last, 
