M 
The Queensland Naturalist. 
December, 1926 
Very close to D. vestita Hook and D. pinnata Sm.. 
from both of which it differs in its smaller, very shortly 
pedicellate capsules. 
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REPORT ON THE BOTANY OF THE QUEENSLAND 
NATURALISTS’ CLUB EXCURSION TO 
ELIMBAH, llth-13th SEPT., 1926. 
(By C. T. White, Government Botanist, Brisbane.) 
The prevailing type of country around Elimbah is 
of the open forest type, common in sandy tracts in South- 
Eastern Queensland. Eucalypts, of course, formed the 
main tree types; the commonest perhaps was E. micran- 
tha (the Scribbly Gum) ; others present in different 
situations were: — E. microcorys (Tallow-wood), E. pil- 
ularis (Blackbutt), E. paniculata (Grey Ironbark), E. 
eugenoides (White Stringybark), E. acmenioides var. 
carnea (Yellow Stringybark), E. corymbosa (Bed Blood- 
wood), and E. trachyphloia (White Bloodwood). On the 
poorer, low-lying, badly drained country Eucalyptus 
Seeana (Narrow-leaved Grey Gum) was very abundant. 
The trees are particularly abundant between Caboolture 
and Elimbah, and though the trees themselves are mostly 
on the small size, they represent a particularly coarse 
form as regards the leaves and floral parts. Other trees 
of the open forest were: — Acacias of several species, e.g.. 
A. Cunninghamii, A. aulacocarpa, A. penninervis. and 
A. complanata. The Protaceae were represented by 
Banksia integrifolia (White Honeysuckle), Persoonia 
media and P. virgata (Geebungs) and Xylomelum nyri- 
forme (Wooden Pear). Casuarina torulosa (Red Oak) 
and C. suberosa (Forest Oak) both occur in the open 
forest. The Hop Bush (Dodonaea (triquetra) was every- 
where abundant. Along the creeksides where moister 
conditions prevailed, a number of trees distinctive of 
creek and river sides in Southern Queensland were found, 
e.g., Casuarina Cunninghamii (River Oak),_Agonis abnor- 
mis (a Water Gum), Petalostigma quadriloculare var 
glabrescens (Quinine Berry), and Acacia implexa (Broad- 
leaved Sally), Of this last, fair-sized trees were seen 
bearing bipinnate foliage, the phyllodes on the younger 
trees were narrow and long, being markedly different 
