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In the river country the Cabbage Gum is nearly always 

 white to the ground, and is a very shapely and umbrageous 

 tree, about forty to fifty feet high, and undoubtedly seems 

 to be worthy of specific rank. I was informed that in the 

 lower Flinders district these trees withstood the drought 

 of 1902 better than any other Eucalypt. 



It seems likely that the trees mentioned by Leichhardt 

 (op. cit., p. 325, 351 and 355) as White-gum, and Drooping 

 White-gum are of this species. 



Eucalyptus peltata is known around Alma-den as Yellow 

 Jack, from the yellowish colour of the scaly bark which is 

 of much the same texture as that of the Bloodwood group, 

 though perhaps a little more flaky. This rough scaly bark 

 extends to the branch lets, the tips of which are angular, 

 glabrous and yellowish. The timber is pale towards the 

 outside of the tree, but dark brown near the centre. The 

 fruits are slightly urceolate and the sessile buds are angular 

 in dried specimens. The only peltate leaves seen were 

 amongst the ovate, scabrous, "sucker" foliage. The adult 

 leaves examined are glabrous and lanceolate, with a 

 yellowish midrib, and are five to six inches long, and one 

 quarter of an inch to one inch broad. The "sucker " stems 

 are hispid. 



This species occurs plentifully between Einasleigh and 

 Wirra Wirra, near Forsayth. Exactly similar trees, as 

 regards appearance and habit, were seen from the train, in 

 the Desert near Jericho, to the east of Barcaldine, but as 

 these trees were not examined, their identification is 

 doubtful, though it is understood they are known as 

 Eucalyptus Leiclihardtii Bailey. 



The species of Eucalyptus (Nos. 3909 and 4160), which I 

 have referred to in these notes as Red Bloodwood, because 

 of the reddish, rusty colour of its flaky bark, has so far not 

 been definitely identified, though it is a common tree in 



