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RANGE. 



It is confined to northern and central Queensland, so far as we know at present. 

 Following are localities :— Burdekin River, an old specimen from F. Mueller, mixed 

 with E. crebra; at 1,400 feet, Prairie, 30 miles east of Hughenden. An ironbark looked 

 upon as a large-fruited form of E. crebra. Mature leaves (which are more or less 

 glaucous) and fruits alone available, but it appears to be fairly typical of the species 

 (R. H. Cambage, No. 3,955, 1913); Berricania, central Queensland, on the road between 

 Muttaburra and Prairie. A small ironbark (C. T. White, April, 1919); Tower Hill, 

 small ironbark, very common (No. 16, same collector and date); common about 

 Berricania, J. S. Swanson, September, 1920 (C. T. White, No. 17); " Ironbark," with 

 slightly smaller fruits, The Plains, Prairie (J. R. Chisholm, August. 1920). 



AFFINITIES. 



1. With E. Staigeriana F.v.M., the " Lemon-scented Ironbark," see Part XII, 



p. 69. 



Both species have glaucous foliage, but the leaves of E. Staigeriana are usually 

 broader and shorter, and strongly lemon-scented, while the fruits are also smaller and 

 slightly different in shape. 



2. With E. drepanophylla F.v.M. See Part XLIX, p. 262. 



The leaves of both species are thickish, but the glaucousness of E. Whitei 

 readily distinguishes it from E. drepanophylla. It also differs from the latter species 

 in the inflorescence, which is usually axillary, or when terminal, consisting of 2-4 

 umbels, and in the shape of the fruit. 



3. With E. crebra F.v.M. See Part XII, p. 63. 



Both species are typical ironbarks, but E. crebra, even in districts where both 

 species are found, appears to be a much larger tree with thinner and greener leaves 

 and smaller buds and fruits. 



4. With E. Culleni R. H. Cambage. See Part XLVIII, p. 233. 



This is also a medium-sized ironbark, and is probably a slightly larger tree than 

 E. Whitei. with thin, green leaves, and somewhat globose fruits, with the valves well 

 exserted, and with a, more strongly developed capsular disc than that of E. Whitei. 



