BY HON. A. NORTON, M.L.C. 103 
Brisbane, and that at Nanango ; the bush hospitality which 
was common in those days supplied such accommodation 
as travellers needed. 
On this journey I made some new friends in their native 
quarters. On the range between Colinton and Taromeo 
for the first time I saw bunya-bunyas growing where Nature 
planted them. The bunya grows, I believe, in a natural 
state, only on what is known as the Bunya Mountain and its 
spurs. We have lately been told that it has been found on 
one of our Northern rivers. I take leave to doubt this. 
Many years ago—probably five and thirty—I was told by 
Mr. MacMillan, of Airdmillan, that he had seen trees very 
similar to bunyas on the Herbert River ; when he inspected 
them closely, however, he found his first supposition was 
incorrect. Mr. MacMillan is a careful observer, and I think 
his statements may be relied on. The trees I saw between 
Colinton and Taromeo were somewhat disappointing, and 
could not be compared for girth, height, or beauty of form 
to those on the Bunya Mountains. On the Kolan River, 
near Munduran, there were many fine-grown scented gum 
trees (Kucalyptus citriodora) In the evening, when the dew 
is falling, or in the early morning, the air beneath these is 
strongly scented. On Granite and Baffle Creeks, which unite 
close to Miriam Vale, and on Coliseum Creek, which flows 
into them, there are vast numbers of Moreton Bay chestnuts 
(castanospermum australe), many of them grow to a consider- 
able height. In the scrubs of the Lower Burnett, I ought to 
mention the bottle tree (sterculia rupestris) which grows to a 
large size ; I had previously seen splendid specimens of this 
tree on the Dawson River. Near Miriam Vale station there 
are numbers of Leichhardt trees (Sarcocephalus cordatus) ; 
one very fine one close to the station house. Some of these 
grow on Rodd’s Bay also. On one creek on Miriam Vale 
Barklya syringifolia was flowering profusely, every branch 
being loaded with masses of golden blossom. I may also 
mention the fig (Fzcews glomerata), the pink fruit of which 
hang on the stem and branches in masses lke bunches of 
erapes, and are inhabited by dozens of curious flies. The 
above are the more conspicious of the trees I had been 
previously unacquainted with. I ought not, however, 
to omit all notice of the umbrella tree (Brassaia actinophylla) 
