WY H. A I.ONfiMAN ANT) <'. T. WHJIK G5 



that in a Gippslantl gully he countecl " o\er twenty 

 different kinds of mosses, ferns, and lichens and fungi 

 growing on the same trunk." 



In designating the area we have used the term sul)- 

 iropical rain-forest for the following reasons. Although 

 the word scrub is almost indispensable in local usage, in 

 strict botanical parlance it can only be applied to dwarf 

 growths, such as shrubs growing in thickets or to aljiiue trees. 

 Kerner and Oliver thus speak of scrubs as being " repetitions 

 of woods or forests in little."* In the other parts of 

 Australia the popular term '" scrub "" agrees with the 

 correct botanical designation ; for example, Prof. T. G. 

 B. Osbornf speaks of the wide-spread occurrence of scrub, 

 typical of hundred of square miles of South Australia, 

 composed of bushes of from 2 metres to 4 metres high. J. 

 H. Maiden refers to " rich coastal vine brushes (scrubs), 

 tropical and sub-tropical " in his useful study of Australian 

 vegelation published in the Federal Handbook of Australia, 

 1914, making brush correspond with what in India is 

 called jungle. Karel Domin, in his paper on Queensland 

 Plant Associations,.]: makes use of the word " vine-scrub," 

 but in a later publication** he substitutes • regen walderu." 



The various terms used in distinguishing plant com- 

 munities have been so clearly set forth in Warming's 

 valuable work, " Oecology of Plants" (1909), which was 

 prepared for publication in English l)v Prof. Percy Groom, 

 that we have no hesitation in following these well-known 

 authorities and using the term sub-tropical rain-forest. 



At Tambourine Movnitain the " BolW Gum '" is now 

 used for building purjjoses. The older timber is said to 

 be borer proof ; it does not spht, it takes polish and shows 

 a good grain. Mr. David Lahey iiiforms us that the timber 

 is suitable for broom-heads. 



General description : — the main trunk measured 60 

 rfeet to its first division, whilst with its highest ramifications 

 it totalled fully 110 feet. The base was sub-quadrangular 

 in section, the four angles being formed b\' strong but- 



*Nat. Hist. Plants, II, 1902, p. 892. ~ 



tHbk. Sth. Aus., Brit. Assn. Visit, 1914. 

 JPr. Roy. Soc. Qld., XXIII, 1911, p. 59. 

 **Piodromus Einer Farnflora, Queenslands. 



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