May, 1924 
The Queensland Naturalist. 
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Eobert^s Plateau, National l^ark, Messrs. G. 11. Barker 
and J. C. Smith were a])pointed, but 1he Minister stated 
the Government could makt? no ])romise in re^rard to the 
matter for the i)resent. 
A(_?KXOAVLEDGMENT. — -Tn eonelnsion, tlie Ponncil 
wishes to thank all those who helped at the Annual Wild 
Elow(‘r ShoM' and General Natural History Exhibition, at 
the ordinary meeting's, and on the excursions of tiu^ Gliih. 
\Yg hope I 0 see an increasin,u‘ inbwest taken in mil oral 
history matters i7i Queensland this coming' year. The 
pro])Os,ed visit of the Royal Australian Grnit lioloo-ists^ 
Union to this State durino- next Sep1('ml)er should have 
,a beneficial effect in this direction. 
o 
THE EUCALYPTS OR GUM TREES OF THE 
BRISBANE DISTRICT. 
By C. T. White, F.L.S., Govtumnumt Botanist. 
(Portion of Presidential Address delivered ]>,eiore the 
Queensland Naturalists’ (dub, 18th Febrijary 1924.) 
T. 
The indigenous flowering plants of Austraila num- 
ber approximately 10,000 s])ecimens. Tlte family Myr- 
taceae, which contains the Euealypts or Gum* Trees, 
contains Hb()ut 700 species, and is num?ri(a‘diy the se(U)m! 
largest family of flowering plants, the largest being the 
Leguminosae, with approximately l.lOf) sinuues. Tin; 
Euealypts of Australia are estijuaied at about 200 spia-ies, 
and of these about 70 are found in Queensland, many 
of course being common to (Queensland and the neighbour- 
ing States. 
For tile ])ast fcAV years F have ]>ai<l s})eeial artentio): 
to the eucalyiits of the Brisham* district, and within a 
ten-milt; radius of th.e city have found 22 distinct kinds. 
The (Uiealypts iu themselves form a very natural 
genus (it plants, luit prt'sent many difficulties a1 unv 
attempt to arrange the species into natural groups. t*acii 
group iiossessing a. number of characters in common. 
One of the main difficulties in the way of classification 
