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January, 19.38 The Queensland Naturalist 
sunk on the upper surface, elevated on the lower, reticu- 
lations (veins and veinlets) obscure on the upper surface, 
rather distinct on the lower ; intramarginal vein \ line in 
the narrower and \ line in the wider leaves distant from 
the edge. Ordinary (secondary or adult leaves) usually 
straight, but sometimes falcate, markedly coriaceous, 
green and shining above, paler and more opaque beneath, 
petiole or leaf -stalk about J inch long, blade 4-5 inches 
long, -J-l inch wide, midrib slightly sunken above, raised 
beneath, lateral veins rather obscure and irregular, 
smaller veins and veinlets very numerous, discernible 
under a lens; intramarginal vein sometimes plain on the 
under surface, at other times obscure, \ to i line distant 
from the edge. Flowers in umbels forming panicles in the 
upper axils, the whole forming a large terminal corymbose 
rather showy inflorescence. Individual umbels 4-6-fiower- 
ed, peduncle or panicle branch about one inch long, 
angular, somewhat compressed towards the top ; pedicel 
angular, about \ inch long. Calyx tube campaniolate, 
about i inch diameter at the top ; operculum broadly 
conical, 2 lines high. Stamens in several series all per- 
fect, longer filaments nearly \ inch long, anthers dehiscing 
by longitudinal parallel slits. Seed capsules broad-cam - 
panulate, about a third of an inch in diameter, 4-6 celled, 
valves very deeply sunk. Seeds small, narrow, dark 
chestnut colour, sterile and fertile ones very similar, about 
one line long. 
Distribution . — So far as known confined to two 
localities in South-eastern Queensland, sandstone hills 
near Plunkett (Albert River) and near Mt. Gravatt, 
about eight miles from Brisbane. 
Common Name. — Mr. W. F. Blakely in his book “A 
Key to the Eucalyptus’’ proposes the name Plunkett 
Mallee for it. 
Botanical Name. — Eucalyptus (see under No. 1) : 
Curtisii after Mr. Densil Curtis of Upper Albert, who first 
drew attention to the plant. 
Botanical Reference. — Eucalyptus Curtisii , W. F. 
Blakely and C. T. White in “Proceedings of the Royal 
Society of Queensland,” Vol. XLII., p. 82 (1931). 
Note . — When this series was commenced, Eucalyptus 
Curtisii had not been described and was unknown in the 
Brisbane District. It is not, therefore, included in the 
key m the introductory part. 
