Hill, Johnson and Blaxell, Systematic studies in the eucalypts 
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Type: Western Australia: 7.1 km east of Coolgardie on road to Kalgoorlie, K.D. Hill 
576, L.A.S. Johnson, D.F. Blaxell, M.I.H. Brooker & S.D. Hopper, 6 Nov 1983 (holo NSW; 
iso CANB, PERTH). 
Mallee to 8 m tall. Bark smooth, white or pale grey. Twigs not pruinose. Juvenile 
leaves disjunct, grey-green, broad-lanceolate, to 7 cm long, 2.5 cm wide, petioles to 15 mm 
long. Adult leaves disjunct, lanceolate to broad-lanceolate, often falcate, glossy bright 
green, acute or acuminate, 5.0-14.0 cm long, 0.8-3.0 cm wide; petioles ± flattened, 
0.9-2.5 cm long; lateral veins at 30-45° to midrib, moderately spaced; intramarginal 
vein 0.5-2.0 mm from margin, present but obscure. Umbellasters axillary, 3-flowered. 
Peduncles narrowly flattened, 8-16 mm long. Pedicels strongly flattened or winged, 
2-12 mm long. Mature buds pyriform to clavate, 11-16 mm long, 9-13 nun diam.; 
calyptra hemispherical to pateliiform, distinctly regularly costate, c. V 4 -V 3 as long as 
hypanthium, distinctly wider than hypanthium. Fruits obconical, tapered into 
Fig. 10. £. trachybasis. a, adult leaf, inflorescence and fruits, b, inflorescence and bud. c, inflorescence 
and fruits, (from NSW 333848). Scale bar = 1 cm. E. planipes. d, adult leaf, inflorescence and buds, 
e, inflorescence and buds, f, inflorescence and fruits, (from J. Baker 128). Scale bar = 1 cm. 
