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SW. Plains: ca. 1.5 km SE of Hypuma homestead on main road, ca. 39 km by road N of Wentworth 
to Renmark road. Conn 1034, 14 Sep 1980 (AD, NSW); roadside ca. 2.5 km south of Cambrai, Jackson 
3782, 6 Aug 1980 (AD, NSW); c. 3 miles [4.8 km] E of Koraleigli, on road to Lake Poomah (c. 1 mile 
[1.6 km] from Lake Poomah), Johnson s.n., 28 May 1969 (NSW 353325). 
South Australia: Ki Ki, about 30 miles [48 km] SE of Tailem Bend, Banks B 1273,4 June 1968 (CANB, 
NSW); Tintinarra [Tmtinara], Cambage, 23 Mar 1901 (NSW); 90 Mile (Murray Desert), Gill s.n., Mar 
1901 (NSW 353569); mallee heath 2 miles [3.2 km] E of Adelaide University Experimental Plot, Dark 
Island, about 10 miles [16 km] NE of Keith, Melville 462 & Speclit, 14 Aug 1952 (K, NSW); 5 km W 
of Murray Bridge, Nordetistam 1069 & Anderberg, 7 Nov 1989 (NSW); Block 75 near old Telegraph 
Reserve, on oil search rd Count}' Hamley, Symon 3808, 11 Oct 1965 (AD, HUJ, K, NSW); Belacre 
Simpson property, c. 24 km SE of Meningie, Symon 8553, 9 June 1973 (AD, CANB, NSW); 18 km 
N Pinaroo towards Paruna, Turner 18 & Vbs, 3 Aug 1976 (CANB, NSW); 13 km S Panina turnoff to 
Pinaroo, Turner 106 & Vos, 14 Sep 1977 (CANB, AD, MEL, NSW, PERTH); 10 km along road to Bow 
Hill from Mannum Road, Whibley 871 7,1 Nov 1983 (NSW, BRI, CANB, NSW). 
Victoria: 3.3 km north-east of McCabes Hut ruin near Dimboola, Abell 531 & Herscovitch, 17 Dec 
1986 (NSW); Hattah Lakes National Park, between Hattali Station & Hattah Lake, Beauglehole 19909, 
11 Sep 1960 (MEL, NSW); Grampians, Mt Arapiles, SW side, Beauglehole 30886, 5 Sep 1969 (MEL, 
NSW); plain SW of Mt Arapiles, Brooker 5966, 23 Aug 1978 (CANB, MEL, NSW); 8.3 km S of 
Werrimul at abandoned channel, Brooker 10320, 11 Oct 1989 (CANB, AD, MEL, NSW); along 
Konardin Tank Road, 0.4 km from the junction of Mournpoul Road, Hattah National Park, 
D'Aubert 484, Hind & Duggan, 23 Jan 1989 (NSW); near Mildura, Gauba s.n. (CANB 000253, NSW); 
26 km S of Murrayville along the road-track to Nhill, N border of the Big Desert Wilderness, Greuter 
20910, 22 Sep 1988 (NSW); 33.7 km northwest of Horsham on Dimboola road (eastern edge of 
Dimboola), Hill 1661, Johnson & Wilson, 8 Mar 1986 (NSW); 2.4 km east of Gerang Gerung on 
highway. Hill 1669, Johnson & Wilson, 8 Mar 1986 (NSW); Lawloit Range, on Western Highway, 18.0 km 
SW on Nhill, Jobson 3702,27 Aug 1995 (MEL, AD, BRI, CANB, NSW); Little Desert National Park, 
on road to camping area, c. 16 km SE of Nhill, Lyne 601 & Hadloiv, 10 Nov 1991 (CANB, AD, MEL, 
NSW, PERTH); Hattah, 35 m W of high voltage power line in swale between 1st and 2nd tower S 
of Last Hope Track, Macfarlane 116, 21 Aug 1996 (MEL, AD, CANB, HO, NSW); Big Desert, 
Pengana Parish, 35 miles [56 km] NE by N of Kaniva, Melville 1097, Morris, Hicks & Williams, 19 
Sep 1952 (K, NSW); Sandhill c. 10.5 km from Sunset Tank along road to Cowangie (Grid B 3), Short 
1281, 29 Sep 1981 (MEL, NSW); 42 km Ouyen to Manangatang, Turner 125 & Vbs, 16 Sep 1977 
(CANB, AD, MEL, NSW, PERTH). 
Intergrades: £. costata subsp. costata £. costata subsp. murrayana 
Selected specimens (from 11 examined): Victoria: Mt Arapiles, SW side, Beauglehole 30886, 5 Sep 
1969 (MEL, NSW); plain SW of Mt Arapiles, Brooker 5966, 5967,23 Aug 1978 (CANB, MEL, NSW); 
2.4 km east of Gerang Gerung on highway, Hill 1669, Johnson & Wilson, 8 Mar 1986 (NSW); Little 
Desert Nat. Park, 6 miles [9.6 km] S of Kiata, Muir s.n., Mar 1970 (CANB, NSW 154289); Dimboola, 
Reader s.n., (MEL, NSW 353722). 
4. Eucalyptus capitanea L.A.S. Johnson & K.D. Hill, sp. nov. 
Inter species ex affinitate E. incrassatae combinatione characterum sequentium 
distinguitur: habitus multicaulis; calyptra brevis (longitudo: diameter < 2:1); fructus 
costati, urceolati, magni (15-20 mm longi, 12-14 mm diametro). 
Type: South Australia: 8.4 km N of Koonibba towards Yumbarra Conservation Park, 
M.J.H. Brooker 8466, 9 Mar 1984 (holo NSW; iso CANB, PERTH, MEL, AD). 
Mallee to 4 m tall. Bark smooth, grey to grey-brown, shedding in ribbons. Juvenile 
leaves not seen. Adult leaves disjunct; lanceolate to broad-lanceolate or narrow- 
elliptical, acuminate, glossy bright green, 7.0-13.0 cm long, 14-45 mm wide; petioles 
flattened, 14—30 mm long; lateral veins at 35-45° to midrib, moderately spaced, 
± degenerate; oil glands dense and distinct; intramarginal vein 1-2 mm from margin. 
Umbellasters axillary, 3-7-flowered; peduncles flattened, apically expanded, 18-27 mm 
long; pedicels terete, 2-6 mm long. Mature buds ovoid, distinctly costate, 9-22 mm 
long, 6-9 mm diam.; calyptra conical, shortly beaked, V 2 —Y 3 as long to as long as 
