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Bean, Eastern Grey Boxes 
endorse his conclusion that Bentham should 
be attributed as the sole author of the name. 
Eucalyptus albens overlaps in distribution 
with E. moluccana , usually without 
intergradation, although Hill (1991) mentioned 
that it intergrades with E. moluccana in the 
upper Hunter Valley. According to Brooker 
& Slee (1996), E. albens intergrades with 
E. microcarpa in eastern and central parts of 
Victoria. 
Typification : The lectotype of Eucalyptus 
albens consists of a single branchlet bearing 
adult leaves and several umbels of flowers. 
On the label is written “Eucalyptus dealbata 
A.C./ New England, N.S.W./ C. St.” The 
isolectotype at MEL has two branchlets 
bearing adult leaves, mature buds and open 
flowers, while there are loose mature fruits in 
a fragment packet. 
3. Eucalyptus moluccana Roxb., FI. Indica , 
2 nd edition, 2: 2 (1832). Type: cultivated 
at Amboyna, s.dat., C. Smith s.n. (iso: 
BM000944059 [image at BRI ]),fide Johnson 
(1962). 
Eucalyptus hemiphloia F.Muell. ex Benth., 
FI. Austral. 3: 216 (1867). Type: Queensland. 
Moreton Bay, F.Mueller s.n. (syn: MEL); New 
South Wales. Parramatta, W. Woolls s.n. (syn: 
MEL). 
Illustrations: Brooker & Kleinig (2004: 321) 
and (2004: 322, as E. microcarpa ); Boland 
et al. (2006: 461); Brooker & Kleinig (2006: 
222); Melzer & Plumb (2007: 240). 
Bark persistent on trunk to base of primary 
branches, mid- to dark-grey, smooth bark 
white to grey. Juvenile leaves broadly ovate to 
almost orbicular, dull but not glaucous, 10-15 
x 3.5-10 cm, 1.4-2.8 times longer than broad. 
Adult leaves lanceolate to broadly-lanceolate, 
8-15 x 2.1-5(-6) cm, 2.9-4.5 times longerthan 
wide. Umbels 5-9(-ll)-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, 
not glaucous, 6-8.5(-9.5) x 3-4.5 mm; 
operculum about same length as hypanthium; 
fruits usually at least slightly barrel-shaped, 
occasionally cupular or obconical, not 
glaucous, 4-7.5 mm long, 3.5-6 mm across, 
pedicels 0.5-5 mm long. 
Additional selected specimens examined : Queensland. 
Cook District: 12.5 km E of Bakerville towards 
Herberton, Oct 1976, Kleinig DK315 (BRI). North 
Kennedy District: 0.5 km S of Herberton on road to 
Wondecla, Aug 1984, Clarkson 5483 (BRI); 10 miles 
[16 km] NE of ‘Valley of Lagoons’ Station, Jul 1953, 
Lazarides 3761 (BRI); Near South Pinnacle, 25 km 
SW of Townsville, Sep 1992, Bean 5069 (BRI). South 
Kennedy District: Scawfell Island N.P., 50 km ENE of 
Mackay, Nov 1986, Batianoff5560 (BRI, NSW); 21 km 
from Eungella, towards Eungella Dam, Feb 2003, Bean 
20020 (BRI, NSW). Port Curtis District: 14.8 km SW of 
Yeppoon towards Rockhampton, Sep 1974, Chippendale 
GC1122 (BRI, NSW); 37 km NW of Gladstone, S.F. 60 
Rundle Range, Aug 1989, Gibson TOI685 (BRI, NSW); 
12.8 km NE of Bororen, Apr 1970, Boyland 1515 (BRI). 
Leichhardt District: 23.5 km E of Dingo, Brooker 
10228 (BRI, NSW); Buckland Tableland, E of Van Dyke 
Creek via Springsure, Apr 1988, Bean 795 (BRI, NSW). 
Burnett District: 3 km S of Kalpowar along road to 
Monto, May 1977, Crisp 2684 (BRI); 28 miles [45 km] 
S of Goomeri towards Nanango, Aug 1972, Brooker 
3751 (BRI). Wide Bay District: 3 km SSE of Tiaro on 
Bruce Highway, Sep 1974, Chippendale GC1141 (BRI, 
NSW); Moy Pocket Road, 3km SE of Brooloo, Apr 1993, 
Bean 6004 (BRI). Darling Downs District: 15 km SSE 
of Leyburn, Jan 1973, Pedley 4065 (BRI); Graymare 
W of Warwick, Jul 1951, Blake 18778 (BRI, NSW). 
Moreton District: North of Somerset Dam, Feb 1939, 
Blake 13958 (BRI, NSW); Dinmore, Mar 1887, Bailey 
s.n. (BRI, NSW). New South Wales. North Coast: 
Richmond Range at Busbys Flat and Mallanganee, Dec 
1920, Rnmmery s.n. (NSW); 2.1 km along Orara Way 
from Grafton - Nymboida road, Nov 2004, Johnston 
1443 (NSW). Northern Tablelands: 10.4 miles [16.6 
km] east of Armidale, Feb 1973, Brooker 3907 (BRI, 
NSW). North Western Slopes: 1 km W of Tamworth 
Airport, Jan 1975, Johnson 7885 (NSW). Central 
Western Slopes: 18.4 km SE Murrurundi on New 
England Highway, Apr 1975, Chippendale 1229 (BRI, 
NSW); 16.4 km from Scone towards Merriwa, Nov 
1990, Brooker 10631 (BRI, CANB, NSW). Central 
Coast: 6.8 km from Glenorie - Wisemans Ferry road 
towards Sackville, May 1974, Chippendale 1015 (BRI, 
NSW); Off main Southern Road, Cabramatta, Sep 1917, 
Austin s.n. (NSW). South Coast: 1.8 km N of Klimpton 
on Princes Highway, between Parma and Currambene 
Creeks, Sep 1975, Brooker 4926 (BRI, NSW). 
Distribution and habitat: In New South 
Wales, Eucalyptus moluccana occurs from 
Port Jervis in the south, and as far west as the 
western slopes of the New England Tableland. 
In Queensland, it grows mainly within 150 km 
of the coast, but extends further inland around 
Durong, Taroom, and Duaringa. It occurs as 
far north as Herberton, and the most westerly 
occurrence is on Consuelo Tableland in the 
Carnarvon National Park (Map 3). The soils 
