500 QUEENSLAND AGRICULTURAL JOURNAL. [1 Noy., 1899. 
Flowers.—The flowers are from 3 to 6 in number, on short angular pedicels 
or flower-stalks, in short peduncles. 
Fruit.—The fruit is an obconical capsule, from a-quarter to half-an-ineh in 
diameter. 
Vernacunar anv Boranican Nawes.—The Broad-leaved Poplar Guim, 0 
Broad-leaved Gum, so called from the shape of its leaves, is also known as the 
Cabbage Gum or Cabbage-leaved Gum—from the large leaves haying * 
resemblance of those of cabbages—and the Nankeen Gum, so called from the 
peculiar yellow-brown colour of its bark. . The last name is that by which it 3s 
best known in the Northern Territory of South Australia. The specifie name, 
platyphylla, was given to this species by Baron Mueller in allusion to its very 
broad leaves. 
Disrripurion.—The Broad-leaved Poplar Gum is found growing in the 
coastal districts of tropical Queensland, North Australia, on the islands of the 
Gulf of Carpentaria, and in New Guinea. It is a tree of variable appearances: 
On the plains of the Northern Territory of South Australia, where it 18 @ 
yery common Eucalypt, it is known under the name of the Nankeen Gum, from 
the colour of its bark. In the swampy districts of southern tropical Queenslan4s 
where it is fairly common. the bark is of a creamy-white colour, while the 
general character of the tree is somewhat different. 
A singular characteristic of this tree is that, when young, the leaves a 
an enormous size, 1 foot or more in length and breadth. _ This gives a peculiar 
aspect to the shrubby undergrowth, especially of the Northern Territory, where 
the young gums look more like cabbages than Eucalypts. 
Usr.—The Broad-leaved Poplar Gum yields a deep red ox dark-coloured | 
timber, more or less subject to gum-veins. It is hard and closely graine¢ 
somewhat curly, but very durable. It is useful for fencing materials, and 
excellent for using in damp places. 
Owing to its large leaves it is a splendid shade tree, and, as. it will groW 
alike in exposed and sheltered localities, is a tree that should be much planted 
for ornament and shade. 
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THE MORETON BAY ASH (2ucalyptus tesselaris, F. vy. M.) 
Borantcan Descrrerioy.—The Moreton Bay Ash is a graceful tree, of 4 
varied size. At times it is very small, whilst at others it attains large dime! 
sions. Itsaverage height is from 30 to 60 feet or more, with a diameter ° 
from 14: to 24, and even 30 inches. 
Bark.—The bark is of a very dark-brown colour; that growing on a 
lower part of the trunk is persistent, or remaining fast, and cracked or spliti? " 
square or angular fragments, whilst that of the upper part of the trunk and t 
branches is deciduous, or falling off in thin sheets during the spring, leaving 3 
smooth white inner bark. 
Leaves.—The leaves are linear, straight, or curved, from 
length. 
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Flowers.—The flowers are not numerous; they are arranged in shor 
eduncles, often several of them together in lateral clusters or in short panic!©™ 
‘They are in blossom from December to February. 
Fruit—TVhe fruit is an ovoid capsule, about inch in length, and very 
fragile, more so than that of most species of Eucalyptus. 
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Verwacurar anp Borantcat. Namwes.—Lhe Moreton Bay Ash is so calle 
first, from a supposed outward appearance to the British ash, and then from ? ; 
being first found in the Moreton Bay district of Queensland. The specific na i 
tesselaris was given to it by Baron Mueller on account of the bark at the base 
the tree-trunk being split mto squares: 
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