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1-2 km west of Kumarl on Peak Charles road, Brooker 8906, 7 Apr 1985 (CANB, NSW); 14.4 miles 
[22.8 km] NNW of Salmon Gums, Chippendale 172, 13 Mar 1967 (CANB, NSW); 71 km from 
Balladonia Motel along Eyre Highway towards Norseman, Crisp 5646, 2 Feb 1979 (CANB, AD, 
NSW, PERTH); 11.7 km south of Balladonia roadhouse on track to Mount Ragged, Hill 234 & 
Johnson, 20 Oct 1983 (NSW); 66.5 km N of Esperance on rd to Norseman, Hill 298, Johnson & Blaxell, 
22 Oct 1983 (NSW, CANB, PERTH); 60 km E of Norseman on Highway 1, Hill 692 & Blaxell, 14 Nov 
1983 (NSW, CANB, PERTH); 22.9 km W of Balladonia roadhouse on highway, Hill 2194 & Johnson, 
4 Nov 1986 (NSW, CANB, MEL, PERTH); 54.5 km W of Balladonia roadhouse on highway, Hill 2207 
& Johnson, 4 Nov 1986 (NSW, CANB, MEL, PERTH); 10.7 km north of Salmon Gums on Norseman 
to Esperance highway, Hill 2240, Johnson, Brooker & Blaxell, 5 Nov 1986 (NSW, CANB, MEL, 
PERTH); 14 km north of Rollonds road on Fields road, Hill 2312, Johnson, Blaxell & Brooker, 7 Nov 
1986 (NSW, CANB, MEL, PERTH); Dowak (N of Salmon Gums), Johnson W 189, 18 Dec 1960 (NSW); 
65.8 km S of Balladonia towards Israelite Bay, Pryor 172 & J. Briggs, 25 Oct 1978 (CANB, NSW). 
14. Eucalyptus fraseri (Brooker) Brooker, Australian Forest Res. 7: 65 (1976). 
Basionym: Eucalyptus conglobata (R. Br. ex Benth.) Maiden subsp. fraseri Brooker, 
Nuytsia, 1: 251 (1972). 
Type: Western Australia: 14 miles west of Balladonia, M.l.H. Brooker 2472 ,14 Feb 1970 
(holo PERTH; iso PERTH, AD, GAUBA, BRI, CANB, K, MEL, NSW). 
Tree to 25 m tall. Bark smooth, white with brown or bronze stripes, shedding in long 
ribbons (with a persistent 'stocking' in subsp. melanobasis). Juvenile leaves disjunct, 
petiolate, ovate to orbiculate, glaucous, to 15 cm long, 10 cm wide Adult leaves 
disjunct, lanceolate to broad lanceolate, acute, glossy, dark green, coriaceous, 10.0-25.0 cm 
long, 1.5-4.0 cm wide; petioles ± flattened or quadrangular, ± decurrent into 4-angled 
young stems, 1.5-4.0 cm long; lateral veins at 20-30° to midrib, moderately closely 
spaced, ± degenerate; intramarginal vein present, indistinct, c. 1.0 mm from margin. 
Umbellasters axillary, 7-flowered. Peduncles thick, angular, 2-12 mm long. Buds and 
fruits sessile, rarely shortly pedicellate with thick pedicels up to 3 mm long. Mature 
Fig. 17. Distribution of E. spreta. 
