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 nortonii (Blakely) L.A.S.Johnson

Reference:

(Blakely) L.A.S.Johnson, Contr. New South Wales Natl Herb. 3: 112 (1962).

Type:

E. cordieri var. nortonii Blakely, Key Eucalypts 147 (1934). T: Woolomin, N.S.W., May 1927, E.A.Norton; lecto: NSW, fide L.A.S.Johnson, loc. cit.

E. goniocalyx var. pallens Benth., Fl. Austral. 3: 230 (1867); E. cambagei var. pallens (Benth.) Deane & Maiden, Proc. Linn. Soc. New South Wales 25: 107 (1900). T: Snowy R., 10 Feb. 1854, F.Mueller; holo: K; iso: MEL.

[E. cordieri auct. non Trabut: W.F.Blakely, Key Eucalypts 147 (1934), fide L.A.S.Johnson, loc. cit.]

Illustrations:

N.Hall, Forest Tree Ser. No. 22 (1971); N.C.W.Beadle, Stud. Fl. N.E. New South Wales 460 (1976); M.I.H.Brooker & D.A.Kleinig, Field Guide to Eucalypts 1: 198 (1983).

Description:

Tree to 18 m. Bark rough, fibrous throughout, grey or grey-brown. Juvenile leaves opposite, sessile, orbicular, cordate, sometimes emarginate, sometimes crenulate, dull, grey or glaucous, concolorous. Adult leaves alternate, lanceolate to narrowly lanceolate, acute or acuminate; lamina 15-25 cm long, 1.8-3 cm wide, grey-green to glaucous, concolorous; lateral veins distinct, at 20°-40°; intramarginal vein up to 2 mm from margin; petiole terete, 20-30 mm long. Umbels 7-flowered; peduncle thick, angular or flattened, 4-10 mm long; pedicels absent. Buds cylindrical, glaucous; operculum conical, 3-5 mm long, 5-6 mm wide; hypanthium cylindrical, 5-7 mm long, 5-6 mm wide. Fruits cylindrical, glaucous, 7-10 mm long, 6--9 mm wide; disc narrow, level or just descending; valves 3 or 4, level or just exserted.

Common name:

Mealy Bundy.

Distribution:

Occurs from near the Warrumbungle Ranges, N.S.W., southwards through tableland and foothill areas and westwards through Vic., with scattered occurrences to N of Coleraine. Usually grows in stony and poor soil on undulating country in open woodland or forest.

Notes:

Similar to E. goniocalyx but has glaucous branchlets, grey-green to glaucous leaves, and glaucous buds and fruits.