DICHOTOMOUS KEY TO THE EUCALYPTUS. 

 No. No. 



85. Fruit about four lines in diameter, rim thick, E. pilu- 



laris. 



Fruit not exceeding three lines, rim thin, E. acme- 

 noides ( = E. triantha in Mueller's Census). 



86. Leaves mostly opposite. (SeealsoNo. I38,E.dealbata.) 87 

 Leaves scattered ... ... ... ... ... 91 



87. Fruit about 1 inch in diameter, top-shaped, E. Preis- 



siana. 

 Fruit rarely exceeding |-inch, truncate-ovate ... 88 



88. Leaves connate, E. Perriniana. 



Leaves not connate (except sometimes in E. JRisdoni) 89 



89. Leaves with crenulated margin, E. cordata. 



Leaves with entire margin ... ... ... ... 90 



90. Leaves obtuse, ovate or almost orbicular, E. pulver- 



ulenta. 



(This includes E. cinerea as a variety. ) 

 Leaves acute, ovate, E. Risdoni. 



(Sometimes the leaves are connate, while in age they occa- 

 sionally become alternate, and assume a lanceolate form, 

 verging towards E. amygdalina, with which the plant was 

 combined by F. v. Mueller as a variety. ) 



91. Flowers and fruits on long, slender pedicels, fruits 



rather large ... ... ... ... ... 92 



Flowers and fruits on short pedicels or sessile (except 



sometimes E. Maideni) ... ... ... ... 93 



92. Fruit top-shaped, filaments red, E. erythronema (= 



E. conoidea). 

 Fruit truncate-ovate, filaments whitish, E. caesia. 



93. Operculum much broader than the calyx, E. gom- 



phocephala. 

 Operculum not or slightly broader than the calyx ... 94 



94. Calyx and operculum warty ... ... ... ... 95 



Calyx and operculum smooth or rough, but not warty 96 



95. Leaves lanceolate, E. globulus. 

 Leaves ovate, E. alpina. 



96. Leaves not over 1 inch long, E. vernicosa. 



Leaves much exceeding 1 inch ... ... ... 97 



97. Stamens straight in the bud. (See also No. 140, E. 



tereticornis) ... ... ... ... ... 98 



Stamens bent inward in the bud ... ... ... 101 



98. Fruits of the umbel connate into one mass, E. 



Lehmanni (included in E. cornuta by F. v. 

 Mueller). 

 Fruits free 99 



99. Fruit-valves ending in long, fine points, E. cornuta. 



(including as a variety E. annulata. ) 

 Fruit-valves short 100 



