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Melaleuca thymifolia, Sm. Trans. Linn. Soc. Ill, 278. 

 Rather common on wet gnllies dividing the ridgy and sandy 

 ground of the Logan. Although it has been recorded by Mr. 

 Bailey in his census of the Brisbane Flora, there is no record 

 placed in any page, of its occurrence in this district. 



Eucalyptus robusta, Sm. Spec. Bot. IS". Holl. 40. 



It was noticed by the writer some years ago, growing in wet 

 places not far off the banks of the Nerang Creek. Since then, 

 herborizing with Mr. F. M. Bailey at Stradbroke Island, we saw 

 it growing there close to Dunwich. Afterwards I followed its 

 course to the Brisbane River, and as far inland as Brown Plains, 

 not far away from the Logan. In all instances, this gum tree was 

 found growing on wet marshy ground, having for its companion, 

 Melaleuca leucodendron Lin. Whether this tree crosses over to 

 the north side of the Brisbane River, remains to be proved by 

 further investigation. In that excellent work of Baron von 

 Miiller on Eucalypts, the Queensland abode for this Eucalypt 

 is not recorded. To the uses to which it is here mentioned to be 

 applied, it may be added that of its suitableness for piles, to be 

 driven in salt or brackish water. Its exceptional fitness to with- 

 stand the ravages of what is commonly known as " cobbera," may 

 be ascribable to the presence of Kino-red, to which Mueller 

 attributes its freedom from destructive insects. 

 Eucalyptus leucoxylon, var. minor, F. v. M. Trans. Yict. Inst. I, 33. 



It barely crosses the boundaries of our Colony near Wilson's 

 Peak. Few trees of this species may be seen among the robust 

 vegetation, which clothes the rugged ridges of Macpherson's Range. 

 It is not the normal type that we see here, but a variety called by 

 Baron von Mueller, minor. It differs not alone in the smaller 

 size of the flowers, to which I presume its name as a variety has 

 reference, but in its whitish bark, whereas the typical form 

 presents a bark so decidedly dark and rugged as to resemble our 

 iron-barks, by which name it is known to southern colonists. 

 These features afford sufficient ground to keep it as a distinct 

 variety. 



