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From Ferdinand von Mueller to Frederick Bailey   21 Mar 1878

21./3./78

You are so much interested yourself in the Eucalypts of Q.L.,1 dear Mr Bailey, that I have no hesitation to ask you a question more about them,2 and solicit your aid in elucidating an other obscure species.

I allude to the "Yellow Jacket" of the Paroo.3 It is not a tall tree, seldom over 40 feet high, but has a remarkable yellow or brownish smooth bark Very possibly it is a described species, but as the vernacular has got a wide circulation, it would be well to trace it to its species.

There ought to be no difficulty to find out in Brisbane the adress of an intelligent & obliging squatter, willing to send us flowering & fruiting specimens

Regardfully

Ferd von Mueller

It is a smooth-barked tree, hence it cannot be a state of E. resinifera.

Eucalyptus resinifera

1

Qld.

2

See also M to F. Bailey, 15 March 1878 (in this edition as 78-03-15b).

3

Paroo River, Qld.

Please cite as “FVM-78-03-21,” in Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller, edited by R.W. Home, Thomas A. Darragh, A.M. Lucas, Sara Maroske, D.M. Sinkora†, J.H. Voigt† and Monika Wells accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/vonmueller/letters/78-03-21