Eucalyptus 
Kimberley and the NT north of about Mataranka; 
in the DR more frequent in the southern parts where 
it occurs on moist flats. The species differs from 
E. tintinnans chiefly in the size of its parts which 
proves to be an unsatisfactory distinction for many 
specimens with intermediate features. Cultivated in 
Darwin, mainly in streets and parks. 
E. bleeseri Blakely 
Tree to 20 m; bark smooth with brown and red 
persistent flakes on the trunk, white above. Petioles 
8-21 mm long. Leaf blades shiny, narrowly 
lanceolate, 85-160 mm long, 10-21 mm wide, L/B 
4.2-9.2. Inflorescence a terminal corymb. Buds on 
long pedicels, ellipsoid, 14-27 mm long, incl. pedicels, 
6.6-7.5 mm wide; operculum conical. Capsules on 
pedicels 11-20 mm long; hypanthium + cylindrical, 
narrowing towards the rim, 14-18 mm long, 12-13 
mm wide. Seed winged. Flowering: Aug; fruiting: 
June - Oct. Fig. 49 
Kimberley to Arnhem Land. Common in the DR 
on shallow soils on gravelly rises. Easily recognised 
in the field by its shiny leaves. 
Eucalyptus 
E. bleeseri 
MYRTACEAE 161 
E. brachyandra F.Muell. 
Tree, 2-5(8) m high, often with a gnarled and twisted 
trunk; bark rough, fibrous and wavy on the lower 
trunk, smooth and bronze coloured above. Branchlets 
glaucous. Petioles 9-18 mm long. Leaf blades 
discolorous, elliptic, broadly elliptic or lanceolate 
30-75 mm long, 11-46 mm wide, L/B 1.2-3.1. 
Inflorescence a panicle in the outer axils; to 80 mm 
long. Buds 2.5-7 mm long, incl. pedicels, 2-2.5 mm 
wide; operculum hemispherical. Capsules on pedicels 
1.5-3 mm long; hypanthium campanulate, 2-2.5 mm 
long, c. 2 mm wide, thin walled; valves included. 
Flowering: Oct; fruiting: Oct - Dec. Fig. 49 
A sandstone species, occurring in the Kimberley 
and from the VRD to the Litchfield NP area. 
E. brachyandra has one of the smallest fruit in the 
genus; the fruit develop rapidly after flowering and 
soon dehisce and fall from the tree. 
E. camaldulensis Dehnh. 
Tree to 18-m. Bark smooth and white to grey. 
Petioles 10-20 mm long. Leaf blades lanceolate, 
100-220 mm long, 9-31 mm wide, L/B 4.2-20. 
E.brachyandra _E. camaldulensis 
Fig. 49 
