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Intergrades: E. leptocalyx subsp. leptocalyx E. leptocalyx subsp. petilipes 
Selected specimens (from 3 examined): Western Australia: 26.2 km from Mt Burdett towards Mt 
Ney, Brooker 7090, 11 Nov 1981 (CANB, NSW, PERTH); 5 km NW of Coolinup Rd on Kau Rock 
Rd, NE of Esperance, Brooker 7548, 12 Aug 1982 (CANB, NSW); Mt Burdett about 50 km north east 
of Esperance, Foreman 1232, 26 Nov 1985 (MEL, AD, CANB, NSW, PERTH). 
Intergrades between species in Series Leptocalyces 
E. leptocalyx E. scyplwcalyx 
Selected specimens (from 15 examined): Western Australia: 5 miles [8 km] E of Scaddan, Beard 
6345. 15 Sep 1970 (KPBG, NSW); 38 miles [61.2 km] south of Salmon Gums, Brooker 2773, 8 Aug 
1970 (PERTH, NSW); 0.5 mile [0.8 km] N of Grasspatch, Chippendale 394, 24 Mar 1968 (CANB, 
NSW); 5 miles [8 km] S of Salmon Gums Johnson W192, 18 Dec 1960 (NSW); Pullitup Swamp area, 
at SE corner of Fitzgerald River National Park, c. 10 km NE of Bremer Bay, Pullen 10,042, 15 Dec 
1974 (CANB, NSW); 3.6 km S from Rollonds road on Fields road, Hill 2307, Johnson & Blaxell, 7 Nov 
1986 (NSW, PERTH). 
E. leptocalyx subsp. petilipes x E. scyphocalyx subsp. triadica 
Specimens examined: Western Australia: 13 km NE of Mt Ridley turnoff on Dempster road Brooker 
8793. 16 Jan 1985 (CANB, NSW). 
12. Eucalyptus scyphocalyx (F. Muell. ex Benth.) Maiden & Blakely, Crit. Revis. 
Eucalyptus 8: 45 (1929). Figured in Crit. Revis. Eucalyptus 1, Plate 3, fig. 5. 
= Eucalyptus dumosa A. Cunn. ex Schauer var. scyphocalyx F. Muell. ex Benth., FI. 
Austral 3: 230 (1867). 
Type: Western Australia: Eyre's Relief, Maxwell s.n. (lecto K?, here designated; isolecto 
MEL?, NSW). The original citation was: 'W. Australia, Eyre's Relief, Maxwell. Another 
form, very much like this one, but with longer, not much flattened peduncles, and the 
fruit nearly V4 in. long, in Herb. R. Br., gathered in Baudin's Expedition on the lie les 
Amiraux.' Maiden and Blakely elevated the variety to specific rank, stating 'it has only 
been found at Eyre's Relief Camp, Great Australian Bight, Western Australia. Collector 
not known.' They thus knowingly, or unknowingly, excluded the specimen in Herb. R. 
Br. cited by Bentham. In order to avoid any future confusion, the Maxwell specimen is 
here designated the Lectotype. This species has not been confirmed at this site 
subsequently, and it must be assumed that some confusion exists over the original site 
of Maxwell's collection. 
Maiden initially included this taxon in E. incrassata (Crit. Revis. Eucalyptus 1903-1933, 
1: 97), although he later reconsidered, and Maiden and Blakely elevated it to specific 
rank. Gardner (1960) regarded it as synonymous with £. merrickiae although this view 
was not generally followed. 
Mallee to 6 m tall, rarely a small tree. Bark smooth, grey, pink, whitish, shedding in 
ribbons, rarely with a short basal stocking of persistent fibrous bark. Juvenile leaves 
disjunct, ovate, grey-green, dull, to 8 cm long, 4 cm wide. Adult leaves disjunct, 
lanceolate to broad-lanceolate, often falcate, acuminate, more or less glossy, 4.0-120.0 cm 
long, 0.8-2.5 cm wide; petioles terete or ± angular, 0.8-2.0 cm long; lateral veins at 
c. 30-40° to midrib, moderately spaced, irregular and ± obscure; intramarginal vein 
c. 1-2 mm from margin. Umbellasters axillary, 3-7-flowered. Peduncles terete or 
angular, 5-13 mm long. Pedicels terete or ± angular, 1-7 mm long. Mature buds ovoid, 
often distinctly red or cream, 8-12 mm long, 6-8 mm diam.; calyptra shallowly 
hemispherical, sometimes broadly apiculate, smooth or faintly ribbed, V 3 -V 2 as long as 
hypanthium, wider than hypanthium. Fruits ovoid to cup-shaped or campanulate, 
3-4-locular, 8-12 mm long, 7-11 mm in diameter; calyptra scar and stemonophore flat, 
0.5-1.0 mm wide; disc steeply depressed, 1-2 mm wide; valves deeply enclosed. Seeds 
