July, 1921 
The Queensland Naturalist. 
1; 
The rediscovery of this plant and the fact that it is 
fairly common, at least in one locality,, emphasise the fact 
that a very great deal yet remains to be done in the 
held of botanical exploration in Queensland. 
ORIGIN OF COMMON NAME OF A NATIVE PLANT. 
On the higher parts of the Macpherson Range one 
of the common plants along the creeks is Helmholtzia 
glaberrima This plant grows only in the watercourses, 
with its roots extending into the running water. It has 
large, flag like leaves, and about Christmas-time bears 
very large bunches of white flowers, and is undoubtedly 
one of the most beautiful of native flowering plants. 
The accompanying photograph, taken by Mr. A. H. 
Burbank, on Upper Nerang Creek, gives a good idea of 
the appearance of the plant in its natural habitat. 
Mr. Burbank when surveying the Springbrook area 
for selections some years ago (1905) sent down specimens 
of the plant to the late F. M. Bailey, then Government 
Botanist. The latter returned the name as Helmholtzia 
glaberrima . Bv a corruption of the specific name, the 
plant is now known universally among selectors on 
Springbrook Plateau, Macpherson Range, as the “Gla- 
berina.” This explanation is given because the sobriquet 
is now well established, and in later years, and even now, 
probably by most it may be thought to be of aboriginal 
origin. 
The generic name “Flindersia " is another botanical 
name that has been corrupted by bushmen. ^Flmdosia yr 
or “Flindosy” are names applied by them to Flindersia 
australis, a tree most generally known in Queensland a,s 
Crow’s Ash and in New South Wales as Teak. 
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AN ENTOMOLOGIST IN THE INTERIOR. 
By A. JEFFERIS TURNER, M.D., F.EJS.. 
(Part I.) 
Chari eville is nearly 500 miles from Brisbane by rail, 
but considerably less in a straight line. Careful measure- 
ment on the map from the nearest part of the coastline, 
which is in the neighbourhood of Gladstone or Keppel 
Bgy, shows that it is more than 300 miles from the sea. 
It is a place that I have long desired to visit, but 
for one reason or another, the exigencies of medical 
