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In the " Eucalyptographia," Mueller extends the localities as follows : " On 

 porphyritic mountains at the sources of the Burdekin, Lynd, and Gilbert Kivers 

 (Mueller); on granite hills near Charters Towers, on auriferous formation (Tenison- 

 Woods); at Ravenswood, near the Burdekin River (S. Johnson)." 



These are the most northerly localities (see also some mentioned byLeichhardt 

 for " Rusty Gum" below). Then we have a group of localities around Emerald, Central 

 Railway, while the most southerly locality is that of Leichhardt, on Dogwood Creek, 

 near Dulacca Railway Station. Leichhardt' s specimens are fragmentary, but I have 

 no doubt as to their identity. 



It will thus be seen that E. peltata has a very extensive range in Queensland, 

 occurring in rather dry situations, and on somewhat sterile soil. 



I have a specimen from the Melbourne Herbarium, "E. peltata Benth., E. mellissi- 

 odora Lindl. Newcastle Range (Mueller)." This is Mueller's label. It has a nearly 

 orbicular leaf, a sucker leaf, as figured in " Eucalyptographia." 



Cape River (Stephen Johnson) in Herb. Melb. Mueller also quotes Charters 

 Towers and Ravenswood, which are in about the same latitude. (Ravenswood is by 

 Rev. J. E. Tenison- Woods.) 



' Yellow Jack." " Rough, scaly yellow bark to branches, wood pale, light brown 

 centre. 30-40 feet high. On granite at 1,600 feet." Alma-den (R. H. Cambage, 

 Nos. 3884, 3885). 



' This species occurs plentifully between Einasleigh and Wirra Wirra, near 

 Forsayth. Exactly similar trees, as regards appearance and habit, were seen from 

 the train in the Desert near Jericho, to the east of Barcaldine, but as these trees were 

 not examined, their identification is doubtful, though it is understood they are known as 

 Eucalyptus Leielihardlii Bailey." (R. H. Cambage in Proc. Roy. Soc. N.S.W., xlix, 

 407, 1915.) 



All the above localities are in the same general area, viz., the southern part of 

 Cape York Peninsula, and east of the southern part of the Gulf of Carpentaria. This 

 general area includes the localities for the species as quoted by Mueller in the 

 " Eucalyptographia." 



Going south, we have a Bloodwood, Washpool Creek, Eidsvold (sent by Dr. 

 T. L. Bancroft as E. eximia). 



Coming further south, we have " Yellow Jack," Chinchilla State Forest. (Forest 

 Ranger George Singleton, C. T. White's No. 12.) This is on the South -Western line. 

 Note also Leichhardt' s locality of Dogwood Creek, near the modern Dulacca. See below, 

 p. 37. 



Further north still, we have a group of localities on the Central Railway. 



" Yellow Jacket," Desert Country, west of Emerald (R. Simmonds). From 

 the same locality Mr. J. L. Boorman reports, " Tree of medium size (trunks 18 inches 

 to 2 feet in diameter being common), bark of a Bloodwood character, and of a light or 

 yellow colour.'* 



