Jan., 1926. 
The Queensland Naturalist. 
51 
THE EUCALYPTS OR GUM TREES OP THE 
BRISBANE DISTRICT. 
By C. T, White, FiL.S., Government Botanist. 
y. 
(Continued from the "Queensland Naturalist,*’ 
Vol. V., Page 45.) 
7, Eucalyptus Seeana (Narrow-leaved Grey Gum.) 
Description. — A larj^e tree, tlie trunk usually dull, 
.and marked with large leaden-grey patches as in E. 
propinqua. Coppice (“sucker’') leaves variable, mostly 
loss than an inch in widtli, and usually very long atul 
narrow (some specimens at liand only J-ineh wide, are 
■(> inches long, atid others sliglitly udder, are only about 
2 inches long). Ordinary (secondary or adult) leaves 
lanceolate, usually somewhat falcate, the U]>i)er ]>art 
tapering to a long acute apex, petiole -J to J inch long; 
blade usually long and narrow, to 8 inches long, i to 
f inch wide; midi'ib distinct, main lateral nerves 
-oblique, distinct, as also aia' tlie finer Tierves betu'een 
them, mostly about 2 lines apart: iutramarginai vein 
distinct and very close to tlie margin. Flowers in simple 
2 to 7 flowered umbels in tlie axils of the leaves, peduncle 
\ to ^ inch long. Calyx-tube turbinate, tapering at the 
base into a ratlier distinct iiedicel. measuring with pedicel 
2 to 4 lines in length, (dperculum narrow conical l/drd 
I 0 4 inch long, usually ta]>ering to an acute apex. Seed- 
eapsules broadly turbinate or almost hemispherical, 
about i inch diam ; the rim forming a prominent band 
round the top of the capsule; 3 to 4 celled, valves 
■exserted. 
Distribution. — Nortli-ea stern New South Wales and 
South-eastern Queensland. Tt is very abundant in the 
neighbourhood of Brisbane, but its exact geographical 
range has yet to be ascertained. In the past it has been 
confused Avitb E tereticornis, on the one hand, and E. 
propinqua on the other. 
Botanical Name. — Eucalyptus (see under No. 1) ; 
Seeana in honour of Sii’ John See, one time Premier of 
New South Wales. 
