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prevents the shoots from emerging. But the subject needs 

 examination and is worth attention. 



E. exserta, F. v. Mueller, which Bcntham regards as a 

 variety of E. rostrafa, (which is again perhaps only a variety of 

 jE'. fereficomis,) was noticed by me on the basaltic ridges between 

 Port Mackay and Clermont. This is the most northerly habitat 

 hitherto recorded. It is a fine tree and the wood is excellent. 

 I saw it also at Springsure, and again it has been pointed out by 

 Mr. O'Shancssy as flourishing near Kockhampton in one small 

 patch. 



I find in my note book many other remarks about the Eucalypts 

 but unfortunately the specimens which corresponded with these 

 notes, were either lost in an accident which occurred to my pack- 

 horses near Trinity Bay, or the plants are too incomplete for 

 identification. I especially regret this as I had some remarks, 

 which I think were of importance, with reference to the Eucalypts 

 of Herberton and the Hodgkinson ranges. 



Tristania exiliflora, E.v.M. I found this species on the summit 

 of Castle Hill or Mount Cutheringa, immediately behind Towns- 

 ville, at an elevation of nearly 1,000 feet above the sea, Bentham 

 says that the only distinction Avhich can be made between this 

 and T. laiirina, is that the flowers are small and the seeds not 

 winged. T. conferta and T. suaveolens, are the prevailing trees 

 in almost all open forests from Moreton Bay right up to the 

 Grulf of Carpentaria. The dense coriaceous foliage of T. conferta 

 makes it look like a fig-tree, but for the bark. It is a most 

 agreeable addition to the forest vegetation of all Queensland and 

 gives a refreshing shade. 



Baclcliousia citriodora, F. v. Muell. From this plant, which 

 smells even more strongly of lemon thyme than the Eucalypt 

 already mentioned, Mr. Staiger the Government Analytical 

 Chemist, extracted a powerful essential oil. I noticed the tree 

 on the Kiver Burrum, but nowhere further north. 



