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and E. prcissicma Schauer. Known occurrences are mainly on white siliceous sand over 
laterite, apparently restricted to the Kalgan Plain region (Fig. 2). 
Conservation status: known from a few small stands, all of which have been partly or 
substantially cleared (2V). 
The epithet is from the latin grossus, thick, coarse, and folium, leaf, in reference to the 
thick, coarse foliage. 
Selected specimens (from 8 examined): Western Australia: 1.3 km from Kambellup on 
Woogenellup road. Hill 2444, Johnson & Blaxell, 12 Nov 1986 (NSW, PERTH); 0.8 km south of Johnson 
Road on Palmdale Road, Hill 3090, 5 Sep 1988 (NSW); 4.5 km from Chester Pass Road on 
Tackalarup Road, Hill 3091, 5 Sep 1988 (NSW); 12.6 km W of Chester Pass Rd on Woogenellup N 
Rd, Hill 3094, 6 Sep 1988 (NSW); 35.2 km from Chester Pass Rd on Chillinup Rd, Hill 3101, 6 Sep 
1988 (NSW); 12 miles [19 km] from Porongorup on road to Borden, Hindmarsh s.n. & Waterhouse, 
11 Aug 1973 (UNSW 2525, NSW). 
6. Eucalyptus singularis L.A.S. Johnson & D.F. Blaxell, sp. nov. 
Ab E. incrassata et speciebus cognatis habitu non fruticoso ('mallee'), canopeo angusto 
et habitatione differt. 
Type: Western Australia: Fitzgerald Road. 4.9 km SW of the junction with Koornong 
Road, at 'Urara' property rd, c. 42 km WNW of Ravensthorpe (33°32'S 119°37'E), B.G. 
Briggs 7828 & L.A.S. Johnson, 10 Oct 1984 (holo NSW; iso AD, CANB, PERTH). 
Slender tree ('mallet') to 6 m tall. Bark smooth, grey, shedding in ribbons. Juvenile 
leaves disjunct, ovate to elliptical, to 8 cm long, 2.5 cm wide. Adult leaves disjunct; 
narrow-lanceolate to lanceolate, with a curved, acuminate and prominent tip, glossy 
dark green, 7.0-13.0 cm long, 8-20 mm wide; petioles terete, 10-20 mm long; lateral 
veins at 30-45° to midrib, irregularly spaced; oil glands not distinct; intramarginal vein 
Fig. 4. E. grossifolia. a, adult leaves, inflorescence and fruits; b, inflorescence and buds; 
c, inflorescence and fruits, (from Hill 3101). Scale bar = 1 cm. 
