Nov., 1924 
The Queensland Naturalist. 
109 
THE EUCALYPTS OR GUM TREES OF THE 
BRISBANE DISTRICT. 
By C. T. White, F.L.S., Government Botanist. 
IT. 
(Continued from ^‘Queensland Naturalist,” Vol. TV., 
p. 72.) 
I. — Eucalyptus salig-na (Flooded Gum.) 
Description. — A liaiid.some tree, with a large straiglit 
bole, bark per.sisteiit on the lower part of the tree, lower 
bark somewhat .spongy, u|)per bark leathery, or of almost 
parchment-like texture, hanging in loug- thin ribbon, s, 
leaving the greater part of the trunk staiooth and shining, 
white, green, or reddish. Toppice (“sucker”) leaves dark 
green above, paler beneath, broadly oAmte to ovate-laneeo- 
late, commonly but not always oblique at the base, taper- 
ing to a long acute point at the apex, i)etiolate, jictiole 
(leaf-stalk), j-1 inch long, blade or lamina up to 8 in. long, 
and up to 3in. broad. Ordinary (secondary or adult) 
leaves lanceolate, straight or slightly falcate, usually 
oblique at the ba.se ; the upper part tapering to a long 
acute apex, petiolate, petiole |-1 inch long, blade 4-7 in. 
long, 1-1| inches wide, midrib distinct, main lateral 
nerves, oblique somewhat irregular, mostly about ] in. 
apart, reticulations fine and fairly distinct in the dried 
leaf, intramarginal vein fairly distinct very close to the 
edge. Flowers in .simF)le heads in the axils'of liu* leaves, 
3- 8 flowers in a head, peduncle flattened 3-4 lines long! 
Calyx tube narrow-turbinate, 2-4 lines long, oiu'rculum 
conical, scarcely as long as the calyx-tube. kStamens 2-3 
lines long, anthers ovate with parallel cells opening hy a 
longitudinal slit. Seed cajjsules broadly turbinate, about; 
4- 5 lines long. 3 lines broad at the mouth, the rim narroAv, 
slightly raised along the calyx border, cai>stile slightly 
sunk, valves more or less protruduig. 
Di'’tribution. — In the Brisbane district this sneeies is 
found only on rich alluvial flats near Ferny Grove (Day- 
boro Line), and here and there along Kedron Brook. 
It extends as far north as the Atherton Tableland in 
blorth Queensland, and as far south as the m'ig'hbour- 
hood of the (lyde Hiver in New South Wales. 
