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Physical location:

ML MSS B202, Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney. 78.03.21

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Preferred Citation:

Ferdinand von Mueller to Frederick Bailey, 1878-03-21. R.W. Home, Thomas A. Darragh, A.M. Lucas, Sara Maroske, D.M. Sinkora, J.H. Voigt and Monika Wells (eds), Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller, <https://vmcp.rbg.vic.gov.au/id//letters/1870-9/1878/78-03-21-final.odt>, accessed June 13, 2026

21./3./78
You are so much interested yourself in the Eucalypts of Q.L.,
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Qld.
dear Mr Bailey, that I have no hesitation to ask you a question more about them,
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See also M to F. Bailey, 15 March 1878 (in this edition as 78-03-15b).
and solicit your aid in elucidating an other obscure species.
I allude to the "Yellow Jacket" of the Paroo.
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Paroo River, Qld.
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.