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linear juvenile leaves, while the lanceolate 
juveniles seen around Narrabri (type locality 
of E. pilligaensis ) are very similar to those 
encountered between Nyngan and Condobolin 
(near the type locality of E. woollsiana). 
2. Eucalyptus albens Benth., FI. Austral. 3: 
219 (1867); E. hemiphloia var. albens (Benth.) 
Maiden, Forest FI. New South Wales 1: 131 
(1904). Type citation: “NSW. Macquarie 
River, A. Cunningham ; New England, ‘White 
Gum’, C. Stuart ; between Alford’s and the 
Range, ‘Box’, Leichhardt. Victoria. Poor 
plains, between Ten-mile Creek and Broken 
River, ‘White Box’, F.Mueller ”. Type: [New 
South Wales], New England, undated, C.Stuart 
s.n. (lecto [here designated]: K000347583; 
isolecto: MEL73265). 
Illustrations : Brooker & Kleinig (2004: 324); 
Boland et al. (2006: 465); Brooker & Kleinig 
(2006: 223). 
Trunk and all primary branches rough-barked, 
pale grey; smooth bark white to grey. Juvenile 
leaves broadly ovate to orbicular, glaucous, 
9-15 x 4-10 cm, 1.4-2.6 times longer than 
broad. Adult leaves lanceolate to ovate, 7.5- 
15 x 1.6-3.8 cm, 3.4-8.4 times longer than 
wide. Umbels 7-9-flowered, young buds 
and pedicels very angular, mature buds with 
one or more longitudinal ridges, sometimes 
extending to the operculum, pedicels 2-5 
mm long; mature buds broadly ellipsoidal, 
glaucous, 10-14 x 4-6 mm; operculum about 
same length as hypanthium; fruits barrel¬ 
shaped, glaucous, 8-13 mm long, 5.3-8 mm 
across, pedicels 0-13 mm long. 
Additional selected specimens examined : South 
Australia. Along roadside to Bangor, 4.8 km S of Melrose 
(c. 60 km SE of Port Augusta), May 1977, Boomsma 
235 (NSW); S of Mt Remarkable, Jan 1970, Brown s.n. 
(NSW). Queensland. Darling Downs District: 6.1 miles 
N of Yamsion on Bunya Mountains road. May 1961, 
Smith 11363 (BRI); 3.3 km E of Kulpi, towards Haden, 
Jul 2002, Bean 19085 (BRI); Maryvale, Mar 1953, Blake 
19129 (BRI); Warwick - Inglewood road, W of Karara, 
Cunningham Highway, May 1994, Grimshaw G661 
(BRI); near the summit of Mt Malakoff at the junction of 
Monday Creek and the Severn River, SW of Stanthorpe, 
Apr 1988, Thomas 284 (BRI). New South Wales. North 
Western Slopes: Warialda, Jun 1970, Kleinschmidt 106 
(BRI); 37.7 km from Barraba, towards Gunnedah, Dec 
1995, Bean 9390 (BRI); Oxley Park, Tamworth, Jun 
1985, Hosking s.n. (NSW). Northern Tablelands: 6.2 
km W of Baldersleigh, between Armidale and Bundarra, 
Austrobaileya 8(1): 25-34 (2009) 
Dec 2008, Bean 28406 (BRI). Central Western Slopes: 
9 km NW of Cassilis along the road to Coolah, Sep 1988, 
Greater 20615 (NSW); Merric property on ridge c. 1.5 
km W of homestead. May 1988, Hill 2793 (BRI); 3.5 km 
SSE of Grenfell towards Young, Apr 1974, Chippendale 
956 (NSW). Central Tablelands: Cadia, c. 24 km S of 
Orange, Nov 1991, Rodd 6248 (NSW). South Western 
Slopes: c. 5 km directly east of Bethungra and 31 km 
directly ENE of Junee, Oct 1991, Parris 9938 (NSW). 
Southern Tablelands: Wee Jasper Creek, Tumut, Nov 
1949, Rodway 15094 (NSW); Jacobs Ladder, Snowy 
Mountains, Tongaroo River, Feb 1960, Raeder-Roitzsch 
s.n. (NSW). Victoria. Warby Range, 1.5 km S of 
Glenrowan, Apr 1985, Briggs 1862 (NSW); 16.2 km 
ESE Yarrawonga towards Rutherglen on Murray Valley 
Highway, Jul 1975, Chippendale 1394 (BRI, NSW); 1.5 
miles [2.4 km] N of Ballantyne Gap towards Snowy 
River, Sep 1975, Brooker 4975 (BRI, NSW); Tongio 
Gap, Oct 1977, Carr 2220 (BRI, NSW). 
Distribution and habitat : Eucalyptus albens 
has a limited occurrence in Queensland, 
confined to higher altitudes on heavy soils 
west of the Great Dividing Range, and south 
from the Bunya Mountains. It is however, 
very common in a broad band on the western 
slopes of the Great Divide in New South 
Wales, in northern Victoria, and near Melrose 
in South Australia (Map 2). It inhabits flat to 
undulating terrain with fertile clayey soils. 
Notes : Johnson (1962) discussed at length 
the authorship of Eucalyptus albens , and I 
Map 2. Distribution of Eucalyptus albens 
