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2. E. Leiehhardtii Bailey, in Queensland Agric. Journ. xvi, 493 (May, 1906). 



The original description is as follows : — 



" Yellow Jack " or " Yellow Jacket." A tree of small size, the timber not considered durable. Bark 

 on the trunk thick, spongy, and somewhat lamellar ; colour a light yellowish-brown ; deciduous on the 

 smaller branches. Leaves 3 to 6 inches long, falcate-lanceolate, the apex often elongated and filiform, the 

 base somewhat oblique, tapering to a petiole of about 1 inch ; transverse parallel veins very numerous, but 

 not very distinct owing to the coriaceous texture of the leaf, the intramarginal one rather distant from 

 the edge. Flowers several together, nearly or quite sessile, in heads which are arranged on thickish (more or 

 less angular) branches of a terminal panicle from 4 to 8 inches long. Calyx-tube thick, angular-rugose, much 

 tapering towards the base in the flower, about 4 lines long and 3 lines broad at the top. Operculum 

 broadly conical or shortly acuminate, considerably shorter than the calyx-tube, usually in the fresh state 

 of a glossy-purple, texture thin and tough ; from the centre a descending tube is formed by the petaloid 

 portion or inner membrane which encloses the summit of the style and stigma before the flower expands, 

 similar to what Mueller points out as occurring in E. eximia. Stamens 3 to 4 lines long ; anthers oblong ; 

 cells parallel, opening longitudinally. Ovary flat-topped. Fruit urceolate, about 6 lines long, rim rather 

 thin; capsule deeply sunk, 3-celled. Seeds oblong, about 3 lines long, 11 lines broad, smooth, flat and 

 glossy-brown. 



Hab. : — Near Alice, Central Railway (received from Mr. Wm. Pagan, Chief Engineer for 

 Railways). 



The above species seems only to have once previously been brought under notice, and then by 

 Baron Mueller v?hen describing E. eximia, in his grand work, " The Eucalyptographia," where he says : 

 '•' Imperfect specimens, collected by Dr. Leichhardt on Dogwood Creek, in Queensland, and designated 

 ' Rusty Gum-tree.' seem referable to E. eximia." 



3. In a paper in Vict. Nat., p. 56 (July, 1907), Prof. Ewart deals with^'. Leieh- 

 hardtii, which he reduces to E. eximia Schauer, var. Leiehhardtii Bailey [this should be 

 var. Leiehhardtii EM-art, according to a letter from Prof. Ewart.— J.H.M.], and 

 incidentally refers to the fact that Mueller has referred similar specimens, presumably 

 including " imperfect specimens, collected by Dr. Leichhardt on Dogwood Creek in 

 Queensland, and designated ' Rusty Gvim-tree,' seem referable to E. eximia.''^ 

 ("Eucalyptographia," wndev E. eximia.) 



" A point apparently overlooked by Bailey is that the internal ledge just within 

 the rim is nearly horizontal, instead of sloping inwards and downwards as in E. eximia 

 type, so that the outer chamber of the fruit is saucer-shaped instead of cup-shaped. 

 In this respect, as well as in the size of the fruit, the capsules show an approach to 

 E. maculata, but in the bark, and in other features, the two trees differ considerably." 

 (Ewart, loc. cit.) 



RANGE. 



The type came from Newcastle Range, Queensland, which is east of the Etheridge 

 and the Gilbert, in Northern Queensland, and of the township of Georgetown. It was 

 collected by Mueller during Gregory's Northern Territory Expedition "of 1856. 



