Bean, Eastern Grey Boxes 
Key to species of the Eastern grey box group 
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1 Fruits cupular to obconical, 2.3-4.2 mm long; juvenile leaves linear to 
lanceolate (5-20 times longer than broad); adult leaves 5.5-15 times 
longer than broad.1. E. woollsiana 
1. Fruits slightly to distinctly barrel-shaped, sometimes cupular, (3—)4—13 
mm long; juvenile leaves ovate to orbicular (1.4-5 times longer than 
wide); adult leaves 2.9-6.8 times longer than broad.2 
2 Buds, fruits and branchlets glaucous; fruits 8-13 mm long.2. E. albens 
2. Buds, fruits and branchlets not glaucous; fruits (3-)4-7.5 mm long.3 
3 Juvenile leaves broadly-ovate to almost orbicular, 1.4-2.8 times longer 
than broad; fruits 4-7.5 x 3.5-6 mm; adult leaves 2.1-5(-6) cm wide 
.3. E. moluccana 
3. Juvenile leaves ovate to broadly lanceolate, 2.5-5 times longer than broad; 
fruits (3-)4-6.5 x 3-5.5 mm; adult leaves 1.4-3.4 cm wide.4. E. microcarpa 
I. Eucalyptus woollsiana R.T.Baker, Proc. 
Linn. Soc. New South Wales 25: 684 (1900, 
publ. 1901). Type citation: “Girilambone, 
Cobar, and Trangie (W. Baeuerlen); Nyngan 
andMurga(R. H. Cambage)” Type: New South 
Wales. Nyngan, June 1900, R.H.Cambage s.n. 
(lecto [here designated]: NSW321382). 
Eucalyptus odorata var. woollsiana Maiden, 
Crit. Revis. Eucalyptus 2: 32 (1910). Types: 
Mount Boppy, near Cobar, J.L.Boorman, 
Girilambone to Condobolin, W.Baeuerlen, 
Condobolin, R.H.Cambage ; Gilgandra, 
R.H.Cambage, on the plains near Baradine, 
W.Forsyth, 18 miles from Dubbo, W.Forsyth, 
Castlereagh River, W. Woods', Narrabri, 
J. H.Maiden, Narrabri West, J.L.Boorman, 
Pilliga, J.L.Boorman, Denman, W.Heron 
(all syn: NSW). 
Eucalyptus pilligaensis Maiden, J. & Proc. 
Roy. Soc. New South Wales 54: 163 (1920), 
syn. nov. Type: New South Wales. Narrabri, 
November 1899, J.H.Maiden s.n. (holo: NSW 
[2 sheets; NSW322074 & NSW322075]). 
Illustrations : Brooker & Kleinig (2004: 323), 
as E. pilligaensis, Brooker & Kleinig (2006: 
221), as E. pilligaensis. 
Bark persistent on trunk to base of primary 
branches, mid- to dark-grey, smooth bark grey 
to yellow or coppery. Juvenile leaves linear 
to broadly-lanceolate, dull but not glaucous, 
8.5-13 x 0.7-2.5 cm, 5-15 times longer than 
broad. Adult leaves narrow-lanceolate to 
lanceolate, ± glossy, 9-13 x 0.8-2 cm, 5.5-15 
times longer than wide, straight or slightly 
falcate. Inflorescence 5-7-flowered, axillary 
or in short panicles. Peduncles 2-7 mm long, 
± terete. Pedicel angular, 1.5-5 mm long, 
angles extending to base of hypanthium and 
sometimes onto operculum. Mature buds 
broadly ellipsoid, not glaucous, 3.3-5.5 mm 
long, 2-2.6 mm wide. Operculum conical, 
about same length as hypanthium, acute. 
Fruiting pedicel 1-3.5 mm long. Fruits 
cupular, not glaucous, 2.3-4.2 mm long, 2.7- 
3.6 mm wide, disc descending, valves 3 or 4. 
Additional selected specimens examined : Queensland. 
Maranoa District: 11 km NE of Mt Owen Homestead, 
c. 140 km N of Mitchell, Nov 2006, Bean 25849 
(BRI); 25 miles [40 km] from Ogilby corner towards 
Womblebank, Apr 1975, Brooker B4889 (BRI). Darling 
Downs District: c. 7.4 km W on Mt Myrtle road from 
Miles - Wandoan road (Leichhardt Highway), Oct 
1993, Slee 3466 (BRI, CANB); 21 miles [34 km] ENE 
of Chinchilla, Jun 1968, Johnston 585 (BRI, CANB); 
Yuleba S.F., 46 km by road W of Condamine and c. 14 
km S of Condamine Highway, Apr 2004, Thomas 2598 
(BRI); Coomrith Station near Meandarra, Jul 1969, 
Webb 8303 (BRI); Mingimarny S.F. 131, 20 km S of 
Milmerran, Apr 1995, Forster PIF16450 (BRI); Bracker 
S.F., Catfish Creek (south branch), 5 km due W of Texas 
- Inglewood road, Oct 1994, Sparshott KMS343 (BRI); 
1 km E of Kurumbul, Feb 1996, Bean 9825 (BRI). New 
South Wales. North Western Plains: c. 30 km SE of 
Boggabilla, May 1986, King 32 (NSW); adjacent to 
“Currotha” Homestead, c. 80 km W of Moree, Jan 
1999, Wannan 1056 (NSW); Cuttabri, Aug 1919, Jensen 
s.n. (NSW); between Narrabri and Wee Waa, south of 
Namoi River, Feb 1964, Walker s.n. (NSW); 1.2 km 
along Cherry road, 27 km S of Narrabri, Mar 2008, 
Bean 27749 (BRI, NSW); Bilambil, 9 miles [15 km] W of 
