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Queensland. 



" E. alba Reinw., with. E. platypJiylla F.v.M. as a synonym. 



" Bay of Inlets, Endeavour's River. Banks's specimens are not referred to by 

 Bentham. Native name ' Kaikur ' (Botany of Cook's First Voyage, Banks and Solander 

 (Britten), p. 38, pi. 116)." 



Above is the label of a specimen. 



Mr. Britten kindly gave me two specimens, one a Bafiksian one, corresponding 

 to the Plate, and a second one practically identical, collected by Brown at Shoalwater 

 Bay in 1802. It is labelled :— 



" Eucalyptus populifolia Banks and Sol. and R.Br. MSS. E. platypJiylla F.M. 

 ex Benth. Shoalwater Bay, R. Brown, Sept. 2, 1S02." 



The name populifolia is one which at once arises when one views this tree, and 

 it is not surprising that it was adopted by more than one botanist independently. See 

 also above, page 93, while the ordinary person, who professes no botanical knowledge, 

 usually associates it with the Poplar of northern climes. 



It is the " Poplar Gum " of Leichhardt, who often refers to it in his " Overland 



Expedition .... to Port Essington," e.g. p. 142. 



In one of the glens along the ridges I observed a new Gum-tree, with a leaf like that of the trembling 

 Poplar of Europe, and of a bright green colour, which rendered the appearance of the country exceedingly 

 cheerful. It is a middle-sized tree, of irregular growth, with white bark ; but the wood, not being free 

 grained, was unfit for splitting. 



" Considerable tracts were covered by the Poplar Gum " (p. 148). At p. 149 he 

 named the Isaacs River, and I have seen a specimen of E. alba which bears Leichhardt's 

 label, " The Poplar Gum which forms patches of forest along the Isaacks" (sic). The 

 Isaacs River is in Northern Queeensland, approximately in 22-23° S. Lat. and 149° 

 East longitude. 



. . . . tracts of fine opeu forest country, amongst which patches of the Poplar Gum forest were 

 readily distinguished by the brightness of their verdure (p. 153). 



The Poplar Gum was more frequent, and we always found patches of fine grass near it; even when 

 all the surrounding Ironbark forest was burnt, (p. 206.) 



. . . . Narrow-leaved Ironbark and Poplar Gum grew on the hills, and rich grass everywhere. 

 (p. 250.) 



. . . . the left side (of the plain) being sandy, and covered with a very pleasing Poplar Gum 

 forest, (p. 253.) ■ 



Following are additional localities for the species : — ■ 



" No. 252. In flat swampy ground. Few in dry ridges. Middle size tree. Falling 

 bark like in the Platanus. Old bark ashy colour, new, white-yellowish." This is a copy 

 of A. Thozet's label on a Rockhampton specimen. 



Grows on flat lands, moist clayey. Also found on the ridge at the Rockhampton 

 Cemetery (J.H.M.). 



Thirty miles north of Rockhampton (A. Murphy) ; " Red Gum," Crescent 

 Lagoon, West Rockhampton (W. N. Jaggard). 



