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buds ovoid, 9-15 mm long, 5-6 mm diam.; calyptra ± cup-shaped, rounded, often with 
a pronounced median constriction, ribbed, ± as long as hypanthium or slightly shorter. 
Fruits cup-shaped or obconical, slightly constricted apically, 4-locular, 7-11 mm long, 
6-10 mm diam.; calyptra scar and stemonophore flat or somewhat raised, c. 1.0 mm 
wide; disc depressed at c. 45°, 1.0-1.5 mm wide; valves broadly triangular, enclosed, 
raised at c. 45°. Seeds irregular, flattened, shallowly reticulate, glossy deep red-brown, 
c. 2.0 mm long; hilum ventral. Chaff similar, angular, smaller. 
Two subspecies are recognised, as follows (see also Table 9). 
14A. Eucalyptus fraseri (Brooker) Brooker subsp. fraseri 
Tree to 15 m tall. Bark smooth throughout. Adult leaves 9-14 cm long, 1.5-3.0 cm wide; 
petioles 1.5-3.5 cm long. Umbellasters axillary, 7-flowered. Peduncles 5-13 mm long. 
Buds and fruits sessile or shortly pedicellate. Mature buds ovoid, 9-13 mm long, 5-6 mm 
diam. Fruits 7-9 mm long, 6-9 mm diam. 
Locally frequent but sporadic, in tall woodland on pale brown 'puffy' calcareous 
earths from east of the Fraser Range to east of Balladonia, and somewhat north of there 
(Fig. 18). 
Conservation status: not considered to be at risk. 
Selected specimens (from 20 examined): Western Australia: 5 km west of Balladonia [roadhouse], 
Boomsma 359, 28 July 1978 (AD, NSW); 9 miles [14.4 km] N of Tower Hill corner on road to 
Balladonia, Brooker B 4532, 10 Apr 1974 (CANB, NSW); 8.3 km S of Balladonia towards Mt Ragged, 
Brooker 5627, 3 Apr 1977 (CANB, AD, MEL, NSW, PERTH); 156 km W of Cocklebiddy, Brooker 5624, 
2 Apr 1977 (CANB, AD, MEL, NSW, PERTH); Cape Arid National Park, 16 km S of Juranda Rock 
Hole along road to Mt Ragged (Tower Peak), Crisp 4800, 5 Jan 1979 (CANB, NSW, PERTH); 102 km 
west of Caiguna on Highway 1, Hill 204 & Johnson, 19 Oct 1983 (NSW, CANB, PERTH); 81 km E 
of Balladonia roadhouse on Highway 1, Hill 2180 & Johnson, 3 Nov 1986 (NSW, CANB, MEL, 
PERTH); 16.9 km W of Balladonia roadhouse on Highway 1, Hill 2189 & Johnson, 4 Nov 1986 (NSW, 
CANB, MEL, PERTH); 50.3 km W of Balladonia roadhouse on Highway 1, Hill 2204 & Johnson, 
4 Nov 1986 (NSW, PERTH, CANB, MEL, CANB); 30.7 km N of Israelite Bay turnoff at Mt Ragged 
on track to Balladonia, Hill 3172, 9 Sep 1988 (NSW, CANB, PERTH). 
Intergrades: E. fraseri subsp .fraseri E. spreta 
Specimens examined: Western Australia: Coragina Rock, Beard 5283, 27 Oct 1967 (KPBG, NSW); 
Pine Hill, Beard 6405, 18 Sep 1970 (KPBG, NSW). 
14B. Eucalyptus fraseri (Brooker) Brooker subsp. melanobasis L.A.S. Johnson & K.D. 
Hill, subsp. nov. 
A subsp. fraseri distinguitur: fructus majores, sessiles in pedunculis brevioribus; 
calyptra constricta, folia majora coriaceque, et cortex basaliter asper induratusque. 
Type: Western Australia: Fraser Range, 87.7 km W of Balladonia Roadhouse on 
Highway 1 (32°01'S 172°49'E), K.D. Hill 701 & D.F. Blaxell, 14 Nov 1983 (holo NSW; iso 
CANB, K, PERTH) 
[E. fraseri subsp. 'blackbutt', Brooker and Kleinig (1990: 325)] 
Tree to 15 m tall. Bark smooth, with a persistent thick hard black basal 'stocking' for 
1.5-4 m. Adult leaves 10.0-25.0 cm long, 2.0-4.0 cm wide; petioles 1.5-4.0 cm long. 
Umbellasters axillary, 7-flowered. Peduncles 2-8 mm long. Buds and fruits sessile. 
Mature buds ovoid, c. 15 mm long, c. 6 mm diam. Fruits 8-11 mm long, 8-10 mm diam 
(Fig. 19). 
