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RANGE. 



It is confined to rather dry country in Central Queensland, so far as we know 

 at present. The type came from " Desert country west of Emerald," so described 

 by Mr. G. H. Carr, Crown Lands Agent, Clermont, through Mr. R. Simmonds (March, 

 1908). 



Many years previously I had received it from Jericho (Henry Deane), with 

 fruits larger and more elongated than those of the type. 



I have received it since from Mr. W. Pagan (through Mr. C. T. White) from the 

 vicinity of Alice, a railway station 328 miles west of Rockhampton, or 21 miles west 

 of Jericho, at no great distance from the type locality. Publication of the drawings 

 will enable our friends in Queensland to greatly extend its range, since there is no doubt 

 that it has been confused in the past with other Yellow-barked Bloodwoods or Yellow 

 Jackets-. 



Dr. TT. T. Jensen calls it " Desert sandstone Yellow Jacket," and describes it 

 as between a Bloodwood and Stringybark, with a very yellow bark. 



AFFINITIES. 



Its closest affinity (at the time of description), appeared to be E. Baileyana 

 F.v.M. (See description amended by me in " Forest Flora of New South Wales," Part 

 XXXV, 71). Like that species, it is a member of the section Eudesn-iieae, and appears 

 to differ from E. Baileyana in the following characters : — 



1. E, similis is a " Yellow Gum," ' Yellow Jack " or " Yellow Jacket," while 

 E. Baileyana is a " Black Stringybark." 



2. The mature leaves of E. similis have the same colour on both sides, and have 

 shortei peduncles, while the juvenile leaves are glabrous, those of E. Baileyana being 

 covered with stellate hairs. 



3. The fruits of E. similis are, in comparison with those of E. Baileyana, almost 

 spherical to cylindroid, those of E. Baileyana being almost spherical, darker, and much 

 larger. 



The specific name is given in view of the affinity of this species to E. Baileyana 

 F.v.M. (Original description, slightly amended.) 



Its relations to the other members of the Eudesmise will be further referred to 

 in Part XLV when the Eudesmise are all figured. See also under E. lirata, p. 111. 



