THE TASMANIAN FLORA. 



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ii. Principal lateral veins not mncli smaller than 

 and running almost in the direction of the 

 midrib 

 Lateral veins diverging or obscure 



iii. Outer stamens normal 



Outer stamens without anthers 

 iv. Leaves green, narrow, linear 

 Leaves glaucous, often broad 

 V, Bark fibrous. Leaves usually 2-6 lines in diameter 

 Bark smooth, white. Leaves under 2 lines diameter 

 vi. Leaves often opposite. Flowers many. Fruit 



often constricted 



Leaves alternate. Flowers commonly 3 together. 



Fruit very broad at orifice 



fii. Fruit 2 lines diameter 



Fruit 4 lines diameter 



riii. Stamens all perfect... 



Outer stamens ban-en 



1. E. pauciflora. 



2. E. sieberiana. 



3. E. amygdalina. 



4. E. linearis. 



5. E. risdoni. 



6. 

 7. 

 viii. 

 8. 

 9. 



E. cocci/era. 

 E. regnans. 



E. ohliqua. 

 E. hcBmastoma. 



throughout their length. 

 E. globulus, sometimes 



PAEALLBLANTHBRa;. Anther cells parallel, and joined 

 Mowers usually 3 together. Commonly solitary in 

 many in E. viminalis, and always so in E. acervula. 



i. Flowers normally solitary ... 

 Flowers three together 

 Flowers, many 

 ii. Leaves oblique, long 



Leaves equal, ^-1 inch 

 iii. Leaves opposite 

 Leaves alternate 

 iv. Leaves connate at base 

 Leaves sessile 

 Leaves shortly stalked 

 V. Flower stalks long. Fruit urn-shaped . . . 

 Flowers shortly stalked 

 Flowers sessile or nearly so 

 ri. Fruit hemispherical, valves protruding . . . 



Fruit oblong to hemispherical, valves enclosed 

 vii. Operculum mytriform. Fruit hemispherical 

 Operculum flat, umbonate. Fruit turbinate 

 viii. Leaves broad, equal. Fruit obconic 



Leaves falcate or narrow. Fruit hemispheric 



1. E. PAUCIFLOEA, Sieb. A medium-sized tree, spreading and somewhat droop- 

 ing. Bark smooth and white, except at the extreme base. Leaves alternate, 

 stalked, lanceolate, equal or falcate, 3-6 inches, the main veins parallel to and 

 nearly equal to the midrib. Flowers many in the umbel. Operculum short, 

 hemispheric, obtuse, or shortly pointed. Fruit turbinate, slightly or not at all 

 constricted at the apex, about | inch diameter. Rim broad. E. coriacea, Cunn. 



Comrtton, except the extreme south and south-west ; also in South Australia, 

 Victoria, and New South Wales. 



2. E. siEBBEiANA, jP. V. M. A tall, erect tree, 70-100 feet, but flowering often 

 when young and only 8-10 feet high. Bark on the stem thick, dark, rough, and 

 persistent. Leaves as in E. pauciflora, only the veins less conspicuous, and 

 though longitudinal not parallel to the midrib. Flowers also as in E pauciflora. 



Vlll. 



17. E. globulus. 

 14. E. vernicosa. 

 iv. 



V. 



12. E. gunnii. 



13. E. cordata. 



14. E. vernicosa. 

 16. E. umigera. 

 vi. 



vii. 



11. E. viminalis. 



12. E. gunnii. 



14. E. vernicosa. 



15. E. muelleri. 



10. E. acervula. 



11. E. viminalis. 



