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disjunct, lanceolate, strongly glossy, 5-10 cm long. 0.8-1.8 cm wide; petioles slightly 
channelled, 0.7-1.8 cm long; lateral veins indistinct, regular, at 30-40° to midrib; 
intramarginal vein indistinct, continuous, within 1 mm of margin. Inflorescences 
simple, axillary. UmbeUasters (3-)7-flowered. Peduncles angular, 5-10 mm long. Buds 
and fruits sessile. Mature buds ovoid, 6-8 mm long, 4-5 mm diam.; calyptra inflated 
conical, about as long as or slightly shorter than hypanthium, as wide as hypanthium 
or slightly wider, but slightly narrowed at junction, distinctly regularly ribbed; 
hypanthium smooth to indistinctly ribbed. Fruits obconical to campanulate, 
3-4-locular, 4-7 mm long, 4—6 mm diam.; calyptra scar and stemonophore slightly 
raised, less than 0.5 mm wide; disc level or slightly depressed, ultimately incurved, 
c. 1 mm wide; valves broadly triangular, rim-level or with remnants of style exserted 
(Fig. 28). 
Diagnosed as follows: tree; bark smooth or persistent in a short stocking; adult leaves 
glossy; fruits conical to campanulate, sessile (see also Table 11). 
The circumscription by Brooker and Hopper in the protologue included the taxa 
described below as E. redimiculifem and E. paralimnetica, and the illustrations more 
reflect these taxa than £. polita. Distinguishing features of E. redimiculifera and 
E. paralimnetica are given below and in Table 6. 
Known from the Forrestania district and some distance north and east of there (Fig. 
29). The known distribution is very sporadic in poorly-explored country, and this 
taxon is probably more widespread. 
Locally abundant but restricted in extent, in mallet woodlands on red lateritic loam or 
clay-loam. This contrasts to the habitat of E. kondininensis, usually on calcareous 
substrates, often around salt pans. 
Conservation status; rare, although not under immediate threat (2R). 
Selected specimens (from 9 examined): Western Australia: 10 km S of Marvel Loch (SE of 
Southern Cross) on road to Hyden, Blaxell 1728, Pryor & J. Briggs, 13 Sep 1978 (NSW, PERTH); 62.7 
km west of Mt Day road on Hyden to Norseman track, Brooker 8361, 7 Nov 1983 (CANB, NSW); 
0.7 km S of Cross-roads, E of Hyden, Brooker 9570, 28 Jan 1987 (CANB, NSW); 187 km W of 
Norseman to Coolgardie rd on track to Hyden, Hill 637, Johnson, Blaxell, Brooker b Hopper, 7 Nov 
1983 (NSW); 184.5 km W of Norseman to Coolgardie rd on Hyden track (13.3 km E of crossroads). 
Hill 2877, 26 Aug 1988 (NSW); 8.4 km N of Coolgardie to Hyden rd on Varley to Southern Cross 
rd, Hill 2883, 26 Aug 1988 (NSW); 91.6 km north of Coolgardie to Hyden road on Varley to Southern 
Cross road. Hill 2906, 26 Aug 1988 (NSW, CANB, PERTH); 7.8 km east of Rabbit Proof Fence on 
Varley to Southern Cross road. Hill 3054, 1 Sep 1988 (NSW, CANB, PERTH); 13.5 km N of Varley 
crossroads on Southern Cross rd, Hill 3061, 1 Sep 1988 (NSW); 98.5 km east of Hyden on Hyden 
to Norseman road (ie 11.7 km east of Crossroads), Johnson 9099B & Johnson, 17 May 1988 (NSW, 
PERTH). 
22. Eucalyptus paralimnetica L.A.S. Johnson & K.D. Hill, sp. nov. 
Arbor; cortex toto laevis, longe decorticans; folia adulta nitida, linearia ad angusto- 
lanceolata; fructus cupuliformes brevipedicellati. 
Type: Western Australia: 8.3 km from highway on Peak Charles road (32°46'S 
121°28'E), K.D. Hill 2318, L.A.S. Johnson & D.F. Blaxell, 8 Nov 1986 (holo NSW, iso 
CANB, MEL, PERTH). 
Tree to 10 m tall. Bark smooth, pale pink-grey, shed in long ribbons. Juvenile leaves 
disjunct after node 6, ovate, becoming narrow-lanceolate by node 8, subglaucous. 
Adult leaves disjunct, linear to narrow-lanceolate, strongly glossy, 5-10 cm long. 
0.5-1.1 cm wide; petioles slightly channelled, 1.0-1.5 cm long; lateral veins indistinct, 
regular, at 40-50° to midrib; intramarginal vein indistinct, continuous, within 0.5 mm 
of margin. Inflorescences simple, axillary. Umbellasters 7-flowered. Peduncles angular, 
