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pale yellow, and the white bark thin, measuring about 5 mm. 

 in thickness. In August 1913, some Mountain Gums were 

 pointed out by the coach driver which had suffered from a 

 severe hailstorm about four years before. The effect on 

 the thin bark was that the southern sides of the trees had 

 been studded with hail marks as though hit with bullets, 

 and after four years were still covered with brown scars. 



A seedling of this species, about one foot high, has 

 developed a pair of nodules in the axils of the cotyledons. 



Eucalyptus rostrata (River Red Gum) was not noticed 

 on the lower Flinders, but was met with near Cowan Downs 

 at about one hundred and twenty miles from Normanton, 

 and at various points to the southward. 



Hakea Cunninghamli and H. lorea have a remarkable 

 appearance from the drooping habit of their long grey 

 needle-shaped leaves, those of the former being one foot 

 and those of the latter up to two feet long. In appearance 

 the trees are suggestive of a species of Oasuarina, and on 

 catching sight of small ones for the first time, an observer 

 is likely to see a fancied resemblance between one of these 

 melancholy looking plants, and an old grey haired lady 

 standing in an attitude of dejection, with her hair streaming 

 all round. 



The curious leaves of these species and others of the 

 genus are fine examples of some of the xerophytic characters 

 developed by Australian plants. H. Cunninghamii belongs 

 chiefly to the Northern Territory, and does not appear to 

 have been previously recorded for Queensland. 



A species of palm tree, said to be Cabbage Palm, possibly 

 a Livistona, grows near Quamby, but I was unable to see it. 



CLONCURRY TO HUGHENDEN. 



The journey from Cloncurry to Hughenden was made by 

 train, the latter portion, after passing Richmond, being 



