An Introduction to the Eucalypts [This information taken from - Chippendale, G.M. Eucalyptus. In: Chippendale, G.M. (1988). Flora of Australia Vol. 19, Myrtaceae, Eucalyptus, Angophora, Australian Government Publising Service, Canberra.]

Eucalyptus goniocalyx F.Muell ex Miq.

Reference:

F.Muell. ex Miq., Ned. Kruidk. Arch. 4: 134 (1856).

Type:

T: Buffalo Ra., Vic., 1853, F.Mueller; holo: MEL; iso: K, NSW.

E. elaeophora F.Muell., Fragm. 4: 52 (1864). T: Macalister R., Vic., Jan. 1863, F.Mueller; holo: MEL; iso: NSW.

E. cambagei Deane & Maiden, Proc. Linn. Soc. New South Wales 25: 106 (1900). T: Hassans Walls, N.S.W., 8 Apr. 1900, J.H.Maiden; syn: BM, NSW; Mt Bulaway, N.S.W., Oct. 1899, W.Forsyth; syn: NSW.

E. cordieri var. brachypoma Blakely, Key Eucalypts 147 (1934). T: Mt McDonald, near Cowra, N.S.W., May 1900, R.H.Cambage s.n.; holo: NSW.

Illustrations:

N.Hall et al., Forest Trees Australia 3rd edn, 119 (1970); C.D.Boomsma, Native Trees S. Australia 121 (1972); M.I.H.Brooker & D.A.Kleinig, Field Guide to Eucalypts 1: 197 (1983).

Description:

Tree to 15 m, often straggly. Bark rough, fibrous throughout, grey-brown. Juvenile leaves opposite, sessile, orbicular, light green, slightly discolorous. Adult leaves alternate, lanceolate, acuminate; lamina 10-22 cm long, 1.3-3 cm wide, slightly shining, green, concolorous; lateral veins faint, at 15°-35°; intramarginal vein up to 2 mm from margin; petiole terete, 20-30 mm long. Umbels 7-flowered; peduncle flattened, 5-15 mm long; pedicels absent. Buds ovoid, angular; operculum conical, 3-5 mm long, 3-6 mm wide; hypanthium obconical, often angular, 4-6 mm long, 3-6 mm wide. Fruits cylindrical, 6-10 mm long, 6-8 mm wide; disc narrow, descending; valves 3 or 4, level or included.

Common name:

Long-leaved Box.

Distribution:

Occurs from the Flinders Ra. to the Mt Lofty Ra., S.A., and with a disjunction through southern and central Vic. and eastern N.S.W. Grows in poor soils on tablelands, plains and ridges in open dry sclerophyll forest and open woodland.

Notes:

Distinguished from E. nortonii by the non-glaucous buds and fruits and green leaves.