404 R. H. CAMBAGE. 



with prickly stems, were leafless in August, but fairly well 

 covered with red flowers. It is a common Queensland 

 species, and also occurs in north-western New South Wales. 



Acacia hemignosta grows into small trees about fifteen 

 feet high. It has flat pods, and pale or slightly glaucous 

 leaves which, when seen growing, somewhat resemble those 

 of Santalum lanceolatum. This Acacia does not appear to 

 have been previously recorded for Queensland, although 

 Bentham mentions its occurrence in North Australia, and 

 includes in the localities the Albert and Gilbert Rivers, 

 both of which, however, are in Queensland. It is fairly 

 common north of the Cloncurry district. 



A. holosericea was seen up to about fifteen feet high, 

 with large silvery three-nerved phyllodes, and spiral pods 

 with very small seeds. This is one of the few Australian 

 Acacias which crosses to Papua. 1 



A. Bldiuilli is one of the bipinnate leaved Acacias and 

 was noticed with and without spines, and growing to a 

 height of about thirty feet. Many of the trees had a dis- 

 tinctly corky bark. 



Eucalyptus cr.ebra, (No. 3905 Narrow-leaved Ironbark), is 

 a common tree around Alma-den, and has been very largely 

 used for the mines at Ohillagoe nearly twenty miles away. 

 In leaves, bark and timber, it resembles the typical New 

 South Wales form, but around Alma-den the fruits are 

 larger, 7 mm. in diameter, nearly hemispherical, and have 

 a distinct rim as well as somewhat exserted valves ; the 

 pedicels are also finer, in fact, the fruits are so different 

 from the type as to make it desirable that a careful exam- 

 ination should be made of the flowers, which were not seen. 

 These trees are being further investigated. 



1 Australian Vegetation, by J. H. Maiden, f.l.s. Federal Handbook, 

 p. 179. 



