530 
Telopea 8 ( 4 ): 2000 
7 Kimberley and NT; leaves thin (0.28-0.38 mm when dry); peduncles and pedicels 
long (6-23 and 2-9 mm). E. limitaris 
7* Pilbara; leaves thick (0.39-0.51 mm when dry); peduncles and pedicels short (2-9 
and 1-3 mm) . E. xerothermica 
10. Eucalyptus epruinata L.A.S. Johnson & K.D. Hill, sp. nov. 
Ab E. microneum et aliis speciebus affinis distinguitur: pruina absens, petioli pedunculi 
pedicellique graciles, fructus breves parvique valvis valde exsertis. 
Type: Queensland: 7.6 km E of Croydon on Georgetown road (18°09'S, 142°12'E), 
K. Hill 1056 & L. Johnson, 10 Aug 1984 (holo NSW; iso BRI, CANB, K). 
Tree, sometimes mallee, to 6 m tall. Bark fully persistent, grey, coarsely shortly 
fibrous-flaky (box). Adult leaves disjunct, similifacial, lanceolate to ovate, obtuse, 
50-110 mm long, 10-35 mm wide; petioles to 22 nun long, slender; lateral veins 
± closely spaced, regular, at 40-60° to midrib; reticulum even, dense; oil glands small 
to large, moderately spaced; intramarginal vein continuous, distinct, 0.5-2.0 mm from 
margin. Inflorescences compounded, pseudoterminal or axillary; unit umbellasters 
3-/-flowered. Peduncles slender, terete, 5-15 mm long. Pedicels slender, terete, 2-6 mm 
long. Fruit cylindrical to cup-shaped, 4-locular, 4-5 mm long, 4-5 mm diam.; calyptra 
scar not continuous with stemonophore, flat, <0.1 mm wide; stemonophore depressed, 
0.2-0.4 mm wide, with a flat, persistent staminal ring; disc flat, <0.5 mm wide, situated 
below the level of the staminal ring; valves broadly triangular, obtuse or acute, fully 
exserted, raised 45-90°, ± chartaceous. Seeds semi-glossy to dull, brownish-black, 
rounded, elliptical, regularly shallowly reticulate; hilum ventral. Chaff orange-brown. 
£. epruinata is distinguished by the absence of glaucousness, slender petiole, peduncle 
and pedicel, and the small, short fruit with strongly exserted valves. 
Distribution: Queensland: South western Cape York Peninsula, Croydon to 
Kowanyama (Fig. 14). 
Ecology: locally abundant in open woodland on flat sandy clay-loam, with E. leptophleba 
F. Muell., Corymbia polycarpa (F. Muell.) K.D. Hill & L.A.S. Johnson, Melaleuca viridiflora 
Sol. ex Gaertner and Petalostigma pubescens Domin. 
Conservation status: not considered to be at risk. 
The epithet is from the Latin pruinatus, pruinose, with the Latin prefix ex-, e-, without 
or lacking, referring to the lack of pruinosity in contrast to its distinctly pruinose sister 
species E. microneura Maiden & Blakely. 
Selected specimens (from 6 examined): Queensland: 9.4 km W of Croydon on highway. Hill 1055 
& Johnson, 10 Aug 1984 (NSW); Croydon Base Camp, Speck 4753, 21 July 1954 (CANB, NSW). 
11. Eucalyptus limitaris L.A.S. Johnson & K.D. Hill, sp. nov. 
Inter subseriem Argillaceosas distinguitur: folia relative tenuia non pruinosa; 
pedunculae pedicellique longi; fructus mediocres, conici vel cylindrici. 
Type: Western Australia: 5 km E of Mary R crossing on Fitzroy Crossing to Halls Creek 
road (18°42'S, 126°54’E), K. Hill 987, L. Johnson & D. Benson, 2 Aug 1984 (holo NSW; iso 
DNA, CANB, K, PERTH). 
[E. sp. UU in part, Brooker & Kleinig 1994)] 
Tree or mallee to 8 m tall. Bark fully persistent, deeply fissured, grey-brown, shortly 
fibrous-flaky (box). Adult leaves disjunct, similifacial, dull green, narrow-lanceolate to 
broad-lanceolate, 90—250 mm long, 14—35 mm wide, 0.28—0.38 mm thick; petioles 
