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leaf, which is excessively scabrous or harsh to the touch. In general appearance the leaves closely resemble 

 those of Angophora sitbvelutina F.v.M. (Apple Tree) and some of the juvenile forms measured 8 by 5 inches, 

 and it is known that these dimensions are exceeded in other localities. The bark on the main portion of 

 the trunk and branches is white and smooth, while that at the base and for a height of 8 or 10 feet is 

 tessellated in a manner very similar to that of Eucalyptus tesselaris F.v.M. The trees reach a height of 50 

 feet, with a diameter of 2 to 3 feet, and if dead, will burn right away after being lighted, a character common 

 also to the Angophoras. Neither buds nor flowers were seen, but some empty seed vessels, 1.2 cm. long 

 and 9 mm. in diameter were procured, having pedicels up to 2.2 cm. long. 



There seems no doubt that these trees belong to the same species as those referred to by Leichhardt 

 as Apple-gum, and which were first seen by him near the head of the Lynd River, and afterwards until after 

 he had crossed the Roper River in the Northern Territory. His first entry reads : — " Another Eucalyptus 

 with a scaly butt like the Moreton Bay Ash, but with a smooth upper trunk and cordate ovate leaves, which 

 was also new to me ; we called it Apple-gum." (Op. cit. p. 264, 304, 325, 353, 394, 464, 473). 



This Apple-gum was seen by me at various points between Alma -den and Normanton, and again in 

 the Cloncurry River District, 7 ' (R. H. Cambage, Proc. Roy. Soc, N.S.W., XLIX, 405, 1915). 



Following are records of individual specimens : — 



" Cabbage Gum." Almost all the leaves on the small side, and generally 

 resembling those from Stannary Hills and Alma-den. The sender notes the variation 

 and observes that they are all from the same three or four trees. Chillagoe, 139 miles 

 west of Cairns (E. Doran). 



Tree of 50 feet. Tessellated bark for about 10 feet, then white and smooth. 

 On granite at 1,600 feet. Alma-den, Cairns Railway, 17 miles from Chillagoe (R. H. 

 Cambage, No. 4,159). Leaves all sessile and slightly scabrous, varying, as usual, from 

 broadly ovate to lanceolate. 



A scaly barked, straggly small tree, the young leaves broadly lanceolate, sometimes 

 acuminate, and stem-clasping, and densely clothed (on the rhachis, veins and young 

 shoots, as is usually the case) with soft shortish brown hairs. The young leaves at 

 least 8 x o\ inches. The adult leaves stem-clasping or with the shortest petiole and 

 with very few hairs as maturity arrives, becoming eventually only a little scabrous. 



Colour of timber rich deep brown. Ten Mile, Stannary Hills (Dr. T. L. Bancroft 

 and R. G. Shearer). 



Normanton, south-east angle of Gulf of Carpentaria (I vie Murchie). 



Gulf Country, F. Hann, No. 3. Also Lake Dunn; both from Queensland 

 Herbarium (labelled E. setosa Schau.). As regards Hann's Expedition (I do not know 

 of a F. Hann), see Queensland Parhamentary Paper, 1873, fcp. pp. 26 and 2 litho. maps. 

 It contains " Copy of the diary of the Northern Expedition under the leadership of 

 Mr. William Hann." The diary begins 26th June, and ends 12th November, 1872. 

 In Proc. Aust. Hist. Soc. (Sydney) hi, 194, Dr. R. L. Jack gives an excellent abridged 

 account of this Expedition. 



