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Leaves scattered ... ... 1115 



1115. Stalklets inconspicuous or none ; calyx-lid hemispheric 



or semiovate and almost or quite pointless ... 1116 



Stalklets conspicuous; calyx-lid elongate-conical or 

 from an hemispheric base sharp-pointed ... ... 1117 



1116. Umbels prevailingly several-flowered ; bark rather 



fibrous, extensively persistent. 



Finally rather tall ; leaves of rather thin texture, narrow- 

 er elongate-lanceolar, much unilaterally curved ; secondary 

 venules rather numerous, thin, very spreading ; umbels 

 solitary ; stalklets very short ; calyx- lid usually hemi- 

 spherical and slightly pointed, shining ; anthers nearly 

 ovate ; fruit small, semiovate-topshaped, its border 

 narrow, rather convex ; valves much protruding, deltoid ; 

 leaves of young seedlings broad, opposite, sessile. The 

 "Apple-scented Gum-tree." E. Stuartiana. 



Umbels prevailingly three-flowered ; bark rather solid, 

 extensively deciduous. 



Finally tall and sometimes even gigantic ; bark partially 

 rough or quite smooth and then outside whitish ; leaves 

 of rather thin texture, generally from narrow- to elongate- 

 lanceolar, much unilaterally curved ; secondary venules 

 numerous, thin, regularly much spreading ; umbels 

 solitary ; stalklets very short ; lid nearly semiovate, 

 slightly pointed ; calycine portion of the fruit semiovate, 

 its border somewhat convex ; valves finally quite exserted. 

 deltoid ; leaves of young seedlings narrow, opposite, 

 sessile. "Manna-Gum-tree." E. vimiiialis. 



1117. Calyx-lid elongate-conical ; outer stamens straight 



"before expansion. 



Finally tall ; bark extensively smooth and outside whitish ; 

 leaves generally from narrow- to elongate-lanceolar, often 

 much unilaterally curved ; secondary venules numerous, 

 thin, very regularly spreading ; umbels solitary, with 

 several flowers ; stalks rather elongated ; stalklets con- 

 spicuous ; tube of the calyx almost semiovate, narrowed 

 gradually into the stalklet, much shorter than the lid; 

 anthers nearly oval ; calycine portion of fruit almost 

 semiglobular ; border convex, protruding ; valves finally 

 quite exserted, nearly deltoid. "Flooded Gum-tree." 



E. tereticornis. 



