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Fig. 7. Distribution of E. cupularis, E. glotnericassis, E. herbertiana. 
A series of six close species, distributed almost entirely within savanna woodland 
country of the monsoon tropics of Western Australia and the Northern Territory 
(Figs. 11 & 13). See Brooker and Kleinig (1994) for keys to species. 
5. Eucalyptus kenneallyi K.D. Hill & L.A.S. Johnson, sp. nov. 
Ab E. rupestri distinguitur: folia latiora breviaque; ab E. umbrawarrense distinguitur: 
folia non nitentia et latiora. 
Type: Western Australia: Storr Island, between Doubtful Bay and George Water, 
Kimberley Coast, K. Kennealh/11083 ,17 July 1990 (holo NSW; iso PERTH). 
Tree to 8 m tall. Bark smooth throughout, white to grey, brown or pink, shedding in 
large plates or flakes. Intermediate leaves becoming disjunct early, lanceolate to ovate, 
dull grey green, petiolate. Adult leaves disjunct, narrow lanceolate to lanceolate, not 
falcate, acuminate, basally tapered, dull, green to grey-green, chartaceous, 
concolorous, 50-110 mm long, 7-18 mm wide; petioles terete, 13-25 mm long; lateral 
veins obscure, acute, moderately spaced, regular; reticulum complete; intramarginal 
vein obscure or confluent with margin, continuous, 0-1 mm from margin. 
Inflorescence simple, axillary; umbellasters 7-flowered. Peduncles terete, 3-5 mm long. 
Pedicels terete, 1-2 mm long. Buds ovoid to clavate, not glaucous or pruinose, 6-7 mm 
long, 2.5-3 mm diam.; calyx calyptrate; shedding early; corolla calyptrate, free from 
calyx; calyptra conical, smooth, about '/ 2 a s long as hypanthium, as wide as or slightly 
wider than hypanthium; hypanthium smooth. Flowers white or cream, all stamens 
fertile, filaments irregularly flexed in bud, anthers versatile, oblong, dehiscing by 
parallel slits; style base not sunken. Fruits cylindrical, pedicellate, 3-locular, smooth, 
4-5 mm long, 3-3.5 mm diam.; calyptra scar flat, 0.2 mm wide; stemonophore 
depressed, 0.2 mm wide; disc depressed, not incurved, 1-1.5 mm wide; valves 
enclosed, raised at 60-80° to vertically raised. Seeds regular, ovoid to globose, finely 
shallowly reticulate, semiglossy, pale brown, 0.5 mm long; hilum ventral. Chaff 
dimorphic, linear and cuboid, similar in colour to seeds. 
