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1112. Umbel-stalks nearly cylindrical. 



Finally rather tall, except in the Alps ; bark smooth, whitish 

 outside ; leaves very firm, from oval- to broadish-lanceolar, 

 almost equilateral, dark-green and shining on both sides, 

 their secondary venules rather distant, moderately 

 spreading ; umbels solitary, generally with several flowers ; 

 stalklets usually short ; lid shining, hemispheric, short- 

 pointed ; anthers almost oval ; fruit nearly semiovate, its 

 border depressed, but narrow ; valves very small, slightly 

 exserted ; leaves of young seedlings opposite, sessile, from 

 oval to orbicular. " Cider-Eucalypt." E. Gniinii. 



Umbel-stalks broadly compressed. ... ... ... 1113 



1113. Leaves comparatively short. 



Shrubby or somewhat arborescent ; leaves very firm, from 

 ovate- to elongate-lanceolar, equally light-green and 

 shining on both sides, sometimes with a slightly yellowish 

 tinge ; the secondary venules rather distant, moderately 

 spreading, much concealed ; umbels solitary ; flowers 

 often large ; calyx shining, usually streaked with longi- 

 tudinal prominent lines ; lid turgid towards the base, 

 usually much narrowed towards the summit ; anthers 

 from ovate-roundish to elliptical ; fruit generally large, 

 truncate-ovate, often furrowed, its border compressed ; 

 valves acute, enclosed. One of the " Mallees." 



. iucrassata. 

 Leaves comparatively long. 



Finally very tall ; bark rough and solid on a portion of the 

 stem, or by outer decortication largely smooth and 

 whitish outside ; leaves elongate- or narrow-lanceolar, 

 considerably unilateral- curved ; secondary venules thin, 

 moderately spreading ; umbels solitary ; stalklets very 

 short or obliterated ; lid of calyx pyramidal or hemi- 

 spheric-conical ; tube lined by two to four prominent 

 angles ; anthers quadrate-oval ; fruit semiovate- or cubic- 

 hemiellipsoid, its border narrow, depressed ; valves barely 

 enclosed ; leaves of young seedlings very broad, opposite, 

 sessile. Victorian " Spotted Gum-tree. " 



E. goniocalyx. 



1114. Leaves opposite. 



A small or hardly middle-sized tree ; bark fibrous, exten- 

 sively persistent ; leaves mostly from cordate-orbicular to 

 ovate, sessile, sometimes stalked and elongated, whitish 

 or greyish from a waxy bloom ; oil-glandules pellucid ; 

 umbels solitary, three- or few-flowered ; stalklets almost 

 none ; lid from hemispheric to broad-conical ; anthers 

 nearly ovate ; fruit small, semiovate-topshaped, its border 

 narrow, depressed ; valves small, somewhat exserted 

 "Mealy Stringy bark-tree." E. pulverulent a. 



