Victorian Plants. 51 



253. Fruit almost indehiscent. 



Shrubs or trees ; calyx-lobes four, soon enlarging ; petals 

 constantly four, whitish; stamens numerous, disconnected, 

 elongated ; fruit not much indurated, two-celled, many- 

 seeded. Backhousia. 1121 



Fruit dehiscent 254 



254. Stamens connate into five sets ... ... ... 255 



Stamens disconnected ... ... ... ... ... 256 



255. Flowers arranged in cymes. 



Shrubs or trees ; leaves scattered or somewhat whorled, 

 rarely opposite ; petals often white or yellow ; stamens 

 numerous, exserted ; fruit somewhat or quite hard, three- 

 celled, vertically dehiscent, many-seeded. Tristania. 1122 



Flowers always sessile. 



Shrubs or trees, some tall ; leaves scattered or opposite, 

 seldom large ; flowers soon infra-terminal in spikes or 

 headlets ; stamens numerous, exserted ; filaments as well 

 as petals oftener pink or purplish or whitish than yellow ; 

 fruit small, hard, always three-celled, vertically dehiscent, 

 many-seeded. Figure 57. Melaleuca. 1123 



256. Stamens long-exserted. 



Shrubs, seldom dwarf, some arborescent; leaves always 

 scattered ; flowers soon infra-terminal in spikes ; stamens 

 numerous, usually in more than one row ; fruit small, 

 hard, always three-celled, vertically dehiscent. 



Callistemon. 1134 



Stamens slightly or hardly exserted ... ... ... 257 



257. Fruit usually much indurated. 



Shrubs, seldom dwarf, some arborescent ; leaves small, 

 scattered or some crowded ; flowers mostly scattered, 

 usually sessile ; petals white or somewhat pinkish ; 

 stamens numerous, disconnected, always in one row ; 

 fruit three- or more-celled, vertically dehiscent ; seeds 

 very narrow or flat. Leptospernium. 1139 



Fruit scarcely indurated ... ... ... ... 258 



