342 ox A COAL PLANT FEO^^I QUEENSLAND, 



Lysicarpiis ternifolms, F. v. Muell. This is what generally 

 goes by the name of " Stringy Bark " in this part of the continent 

 and as far as the bark is concerned it is very like the tree of that 

 name elsewhere or Eucalyptus ohllqua. But the leaves are very 

 different and so I need hardly say, arc the flowers. It is only 

 quoted from one or two places in the " Flora," but I have found 

 it forming the principal ingredient of some of the scrubs between 

 the Comet, Nogoa, and Belyando E-ivers. The fibre is of such a 

 superior quality that it has been sought for by rope and paper 

 makers, but hitherto the price offered has not been sufficient 

 inducement for its collection. 



3fetrosideros chrysanthus, E. v. Mueller, which Bentham 

 regarded as a distinct genus (XanthostemonJ was seen by me in 

 many forests around Trinity Bay, on the Barron and Mulgrave 

 Rivers. 



Myrtus gonocJada, F. v. Muell. This tree is found in the sub- 

 tropical forests as far at least as the Burnett Biver. The wood is 

 called ironwood by the settlers, and is of extraordinary hardness. 

 It would be superior to box for wood engraving. It is seldom 

 above 25 feet in height and the stem is consequently small. 

 Cedar-getters do not like to use their axes upon it. It is very 

 common in shad}^ places. 



On A Coal Plant from Queensland. 



By the Bet. J. E. Tenison-Woods, F.O.S., F.L.S., &c. 



The plant imj^ressions which I exhibit this evening were taken 

 from the Tivoli Mine near Ipswich, Queensland. It will be 

 observed that amongst the fragmentary mass of leaf impressions 

 in the clay, there are certain disk-like forms of rather an 

 ornamental character. They are shaped like toothed wheels 

 with a small central perforation and a radiate ring of pear shaped 

 perforations near the edge. These disks are very abundant in 



