Hill and Johnson, Eucalyptus (Myrtaceae) 
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Subseries Robustosae 
E. robusta 
Series Resiniferae 
E. urophylla 
E. orophila 
E. wetarensis 
E. biterranea 
E. pellita 
E. scias 
subsp. tanyula 
subsp. scias 
subsp. callimastha 
E. notabilis 
E. resinifera 
subsp. hemilampra 
subsp. resinifera 
E. macta 
Series Punctatae 
Subseries Propinquosae 
E. major 
E. propinqua 
Subseries Punctatosae 
E. biturbinata 
E. canaliculata 
E. punctata 
E. grisea 
E. longirostrata 
Series Resiniferae 
Bark persistent or mostly so, shortly fibrous. Disc raised or level, rarely depressed. 
1. Eucalyptus biterranea L.A.S. Johnson & K.D. Hill, sp. nov. 
Ab E. pellita distinguitur: alabastra, fructus et folia minora, fructus saepissime angustiores. 
Type: Queensland, N. slope of Mt Tozer (12°45'S, 143°12E), K. Hill 1862, P. Hind & 
D. Healey, 28 July 1986 (holo NSW; iso BRI, CANB, PERTH). 
Tree to 25 m tall. Bark persistent to larger branches, long fibrous-flaky, reddish-brown 
underneath, smooth, grey above. Juvenile leaves disjunct, ovate acuminate, petiolate. 
Adult leaves lanceolate to broad lanceolate, dorsiventral, hypostomatic except for a 
few scattered stomata adjacent to the adaxial midrib, disjunct, 70-200 mm long, 20-50 mm 
wide; petioles 12-35 mm long; lateral veins closely-spaced, regular, at 45°-60°to 
midrib, closely and regularly reticulate between; intramarginal vein distinct, 0.5-2 mm 
from margin. Inflorescence simple, axillary; umbellasters 7-flowered. Peduncles 
flattened, 9-18 mm long, to 3 mm wide at apex. Pedicels terete or angular, 4-12 mm 
long. Mature buds ovoid to broadly fusiform, 14-18 mm long, 7-9 mm diam.; calyptra 
