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1100. Leaves almost orbicular ; umbels paniculated. 



Hardly ever tall; bark rough, persistent; leaves occasionally 

 verging into an ovate form, from dull-green to almost 

 ashy greyish ; umbels mostly paniculated ; flowers small ; 

 lid almost hemispheric ; stigma slightly dilated ; fruit 

 truncate- or semi-ovate, its border compressed ; valves 

 enclosed. "Red Box-Eucalypt." E. polyaiithema. 



Leaves almost lanceolar; umbels mostly solitary ... 1101 



1101. Umbels generally three-flowered ; stalklets elongated. 



Finally rather tall ; bark either rugged, hard, dark and 

 persistent, or decorticating and then smooth and whitish 

 outside ; leaves dull-green, from narrow- to elongate- 

 lanceolar, unilaterally somewhat curved ; umbels often 

 pendent, with rather large flowers ; calyx at first pale ; 

 lid usually semiovate and pointed ; filaments oftener pale 

 than reddish ; stigma much dilated ; fruit truncate- or 

 semi-ovate, often comparatively large, its border com- 

 pressed ; valves four to seven, enclosed. ' ' Victorian 

 Ironbark-tree." E. Leucoxylon. 



Umbels generally several-flowered; stalklets abbre- 

 viated. 



A middle-sized tree, exceptionally very tall ; bark quite 

 persistent, rough ; leaves dull-green, from narrow- to 

 broadish-lanceolar, somewhat unilaterally curved; umbels 

 partly solitary, partly paniculated ; flowers rather small ; 

 lid generally conic-hemispherical ; stigma much dilated ; 

 fruit truncate-ovate, its border compressed ; valves four 

 to six, enclosed. Figure 58. ' ' Yellow Box-Eucalypt. ' 



E. melliodora. 



1102. Outer stamens without any anthers. 



Shrubby or dwarf-arborescent ; leaves from almost linear- 

 to narrow-lanceolar, equally green, shining, their venules 

 very subtle; umbels solitary; flowers small; calyx 

 angular ; lid pyramidal- or conic-hemispheric ; anthers 

 very minute, roundish ; fruit hemi-ellipsoid or somewhat 

 obconical, longitudinally three- to five-angular, its border 

 compressed ; valves enclosed. One of the " Mallees." 



E. gracilis. 



All stamens provided with anthers or rarely few of 

 the outer sterile ... ... ... 1103 



1103. Umbels mostly or all solitary ... ... ... 1104 



Umbels mostly or all paniculated ... ... ... 1105 



