July, 1929 
The Queensland Naturalist 
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coriaceous (intermediate in texture between E. acmen- 
ioides and E. acmenioides var, carnea), paler beneath 
than above (in this respect also between E. acmenioides 
and E. acmenioides var. carnea), ovate to ovate-lanceo-x 
late, variable in size (again intermediate in this respect 
between E. acmenioides and E. acmenioides var. carnea), 
up to 7 inches long and 2 inches broad, very variable in- 
relation of length to breadth, in some leaves scarcely 
twice as long as broad, in others slightly more than four 
times as long as broad, in the longer leaves tapering at 
the apex into a long slender point; veins and veinlets 
clearly discernible on the lower surface, not so easily seen 
on the upper, main nerves mostly about l inch apart, 
intramarginal vein from almost touching to H lines re- 
moved from the edge of the leaf. Ordinary (secondary 
or adult) leaves thick-coriaceous, ovate-lanceolate to 
lanceolate, straight or falcate, base cuneate, oblique equal 
sided, apex acuminate sometimes drawn out into a long 
point, petiole — f inch long; blade 3 — 5 inches long and 
f — 1] inch broad; midrib distinct but secondary veins 
obscure due to the thick leathery nature of the leaf. 
Flowers in umbels in the leaf-axils, the uppermost ones 
often forming small terminal panicles; peduncles pedi- 
cels, calyx tube, operculum, etc., as in E. acmenioides, but 
considerably coarser, Seed capsule broadly turbinate 
4 — 5 lines diameter, 3 — 5 celled, rim well marked and 
fairly broad, straight or more or less slanting (domed), 
valves exserted or flush with the top. 
Distribution. — The type came from the Port Jackson 
district, New South Wales. In Queensland it is sparsely 
distributed here and there along the coast from Brisbane 
to Keppel Bay (Byfield). About Brisbane it occurs in 
very dry sandstone country in the neighbourhood of Alt. 
Gravatt and in dry siliceous schist at Ohermside. 
Common Names. — “Yellow Stringy bark,”' compara- 
tively rare in Queensland, and not generally distinguished 
by timber-getters, etc., from E. acmenioides and E. acmen- 
ioides var. carnea. 
Botanical Name., — Eucalyptus (see under No. 1 ) ; 
umbra, Latin meaning shady. 
Timber. — Not plentiful enough to be cut to any 
extent, though where it grows it is cut by local residents 
for fencing, etc. 
Botanical Reference. — Eucalyptus umbra, R , T. 
Baker, in “The Proceedings of the Linnean Society of 
New South Wales,” Yol. XXV, p. 687, p. 1 XLIV, 1901. 
