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The Queensland Naturalist. 
April, 1925 
irig in a lono’itndinal slit. Seed capsules irregularly urn- 
shaped, often with a prominently narroAved neck, aver- 
aging about 4 inch long, and i inch wide; rim variable, 
often appearing vei\v thin, and at other times fully one 
line wide (due to the varying angle of the persistent 
disk) ; valves deeply sunk, usually 3, but varying 3-4. 
Distribution. — A native of Eastern Australia from 
Gippsland. in Victoria, to the Wide Bay District, in 
Queensland: from here nortlnvards the normal form is 
replaced by A'ar. citriodora, a variety yielding a very 
strongly citron scented oil. 
Botanical Name. — Eucalyptus (see under No. 1) : 
maculata from Latin macula, a spot due to the bark 
falling in patches, and ghung the trunk a spotted appear- 
ance. 
Common Name. — TTniversallv known as ‘^Spotted 
Oum.'^ 
Timber. — One of the most A^aluable hardwoods of the 
State— used generally for lieavy Avork, except in contact 
with the ground. 
Botanical Reference.^ — Eucalyptus maculata (Hook- 
er), leones Plantarum, tab. 619, 1844. 
4. — Eucalyptus micrantha (Scribbly Gum). 
Description. — A large tree Avitli a smooth Avhite or 
blotched bark, almost invariably marked Avith scribbly 
brown lines. Coppice (“sucker’’) leaA^es large, some- 
times OA^ate, but usually oA'ate-lanceolate and often in- 
clined to be falcate, petiolate, petiole or leaf-stalk abour 
i inch long, blade or lamina np to 9 inches long and 4 
inches AAude, but usually smaller, veining someAAdiat ir- 
regular, main nerves some distance apart (averaging 
about J inch, but A^ariable in this respect), intramarginal 
vein 1-2 lines from edge. Ordinary (secondary or adult) 
leaves coriaceous, lanceolate usually someAvhal falcate, 
the upper ])art tapering to an acute apex, petiole 4-f 
inch long, blade variable, aA^eraging about inches long 
and about 1 inch a't the widest part, the midrib alone 
usually prominent, main lateral nerves fairly distant 
from one another (2-3 lines apart), intramarginal vein 
J-1 line from the edge. FloAvers in simple umbels (or 
heads) in the axilis of the leaves; peduncle rather slen- 
