Jan., 1923] 
CAMPBELL — AUSTRALASIAN BOTANICAL NOTES 
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the north is nowhere far from the coast and passes in places through patches 
of jungle of a decidedly tropical aspect. In the low ground, extensive 
groves of beautiful palms {Archontophoenix Cunninghamii) were seen, 
especially in the more northern districts. 
After leaving the main line, we proceeded by a primitive tram line to 
Mapleton, at an elevation of about 2000 feet; but even at this height, 
palms were seen. 
Most of the forest in the immediate neighborhood had been cut, but 
there were still remnants which showed what it had been. The forest here 
was of two sorts: “scrub,” consisting almost entirely of true rain-forest 
types; and a mixed forest containing magnificent specimens of eucalypts 
{E. microcorys, E. acmenioides, and E. pilularis). With these were fine 
specimens of the related Syncarpia lamina and Tristanea conferta, upon 
whose smooth trunk was growing an epiphytic orchid, Dendrobium acumi¬ 
natum. Of the smaller trees and shrubs, the following were the commonest: 
Casuarina torulosa, Rhodamnia trinervia , Schizomeria ovata , Trochocarpa 
lamina , and Eupomatia lamina. Some attractive flowers were seen, but 
nowhere in Queensland were the flowers as abundant or as showy as in 
parts of New South Wales and especially in Western Australia. Several 
showy Papilionaceae may be mentioned, species of Hovea, Glycine, Platy- 
lobium, and Kennedya, and an exceedingly pretty ground orchid, Caladenia 
carnea, was not uncommon. Hibbertias (Dilleniaceae) with showy yellow 
flowers were fairly abundant, and a true violet, V. hederacea , was about 
the only representative of the boreal flora. 
Several species of Loranthus were seen, some with showy red and yellow 
flowers. There are many Australian species, and it is one of the most 
characteristic features of the Australian flora. Ferns were not especially 
abundant, but several species were common. Among these were Davallia 
pyxidata and D. dubia; Pellaea paradoxa, Cyclophora serpens , and C. 
confiuens. 
The country about Mapleton is fertile, and the climate is sufficiently 
tropical to permit of the successful cultivation of sugar cane, bananas, 
and oranges. 
Not far from the village is a fine gorge into which a small cataract falls. 
This gorge has, up to the present, remained undisturbed, and offers an ex¬ 
cellent example of the luxuriant rain forest which has been mostly destroyed 
elsewhere in the neighborhood. The steep walls of the gorge are clothed 
with a dense forest, in which only a few eucalypts were seen. Along 
the streams at the bottom of the gorge the aspect of the forest was quite 
tropical. Graceful palms and tree ferns fringed the streams, and there 
were a good many lianas, among them the southernmost representative of 
the rattans, Calamus Miilleri, which reaches well into New South Wales. 
On the trees were seen some interesting epiphytes, including orchids and 
ferns. The commonest of the orchids was a Cymbidium, not, however, in 
