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character is Ter j constant aud peculiar, by it the trees cau always 

 be known. It grows in open forest and swampy land ; around 

 Moreton Bay, G-ympie, &c., the w^ood is not valued for any 

 purpose whatever ; about Bockhampton, Mr. O'Shannessy says 

 that the heart-wood is good enough, but the sap-wood soon 

 decays ; about Townsville, Charters Towers, the timber is highly 

 esteemed and used for all useful purposes. The only w^ay to 

 account for this is by supposing that the warmer climate is its 

 proper habitat. I have seen this tree in nearly all the open 

 lands of north-east Australia, but more prevalent about Moreton 

 Bay and Maryborough than anywhere. 



_E'. raveretiana^ P. v. Mueller. This tree was first described by 

 the eminent Earon von Mueller in 1877, in the tenth volume of 

 the " Fragmenta Phytographia) Australise," (p. 99) and again 

 more fully in the Pirst Decade of the " Eucalyptographia." It 

 escaped the observation of botanists for so long because its habit 

 and appearance is somewhat like -£7. tereticornis. For my own 

 part I had very often passed it by without notice, although, 

 certainly, it is one of the finest of our tropical Australian 

 Eucalypts. My first acquaintance with it was on the Comet 

 Hiver, in Queensland, between Cometville and Springsure. 

 Standing one day at the foot of one of the lofty trees, on w hat 

 are called the flooded banks of the river, my attention was called 

 to the very small seed vessels which were plentifully strewn on 

 the ground. These were very much smaller than any gum tree 

 with which I w\as familiar. I soon perceived that the flowers 

 were also small, and the operculum though prolonged is different 

 from either E. tereticornis or its congener or variety E. rostrata. 

 A little research revealed tliat it was the Baron's new species, 

 which he named after M. Eaveret-Wattel, distinguished by his 

 important essay " FEucalyptus, son introduction sa culture &c." 

 After that I became familiar with the species. It is truly a 

 noble tree, towering aboA'C every other gum tree on the banks 

 aud even in the bed of rivers. I think it is best seen in the bed 



