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Tile Queensland Naturalist. 
Jan., 1926' 
Common Names. — Xarrow-leaved Grey Ginn, has also- 
been referred to as the Nari'ow-leaved Glu^ Gum ; the 
bark characters are more or less those of the Grey Gum 
(E. propinqna), but sometimes the upper ])art of tlie- 
trunk is inclined to be g'lossy, the leaf and bud charac- 
ters are those of the Blue Gum (E. tereticornis), the 
fruit partakes of some of the characters of both, possibly 
it is a hybrid between the two species. 
Timber. — Little is known definitely about the timber,, 
and reports are conflicting. 
Botanical Reference.^Euealyptus Seeana, J. II. 
I\Iaiden in Proceedina*s Linnian HocietA'. X.S. Wales, Vol. 
2!h p. 469 (1904.) 
No. 8. — Eucalyptus hemiphloia (Gum-topped Box.) 
Description.— A large tree with a typical dark grey 
‘‘box'* bark on ti’iink and basal ]iart of main branches, 
branches and branchlets smooth, the shed bark often 
hanging down in long ribbons from the forks. Coppice 
(“sncker or stump'') shoots (juadrangular in the very 
young stage hut soon rounded, the leaves on coppice 
shoots often attaining a large size, uj) to 9 inches long 
and .1} inches wide, broadly oA'ate or irregtilarly lanceo- 
late. thick and coriaceous in texture, commonly but not 
always obliipie at llie base, main lateral neiwes and intra- 
marginal vein distinct, the latter usually some distance 
from the edge (in the larger leaves it may be removed 
as far as :{-incii) except at the base of the leaf, Avhere it 
runs almost on the edge for a sliort distance. Ordinary 
(secondary or adult leaves) usually broadly lanceolate 
or very slightly falcate, blunt at the apex, tapeidng at the 
base to a ])etiole or leaf stalk of f-ineh; lamina or blade 
somewliat variable in size, mostly 4 fo 5 inches long and 
1 to LJ inches wide, main lateral neiwes oblique, some- 
times conspicuous, at other times not very distinct, but 
ahvays clearly discernible, a A'ariable distance (-[ to 4 
inch) apart, intramarginal vein J to 14 lines from the 
margin, often closer in the lower than in the upper half 
of the leaf, intermediate veins and reticulations not dis- 
tinct even in the dried leaf* FloAvers in umbels, the 
umbels forming terminal panicles but the fruiting ones 
usually lateral below tlic leaves; umbels 9 to 10 flowered, 
the peduncle more or less flattened, one-third to half 
inch long, including the thick j)edicel : operculum conical 
pointed. 2^ to 8 lines long. Rtamens about 4 inch long,. 
