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B.— MALLEES, MARLOCKS, AND SHRUBS. 



•10 0000 Mallees associated with trees in forest country, .or in Mallee- 

 thickets in reddish or grey clay loam. 



•20 0000 Marlocks, or sand-plain Mallees, usually with small stocks (re- 

 duced) or without stocks (shrubs). 



•30 0000 Shrubby forms (Mallee-like) found around granite rocks, or in 

 elevated situations. All except E. doratoxylon and E. 

 megacarpa (Stirling Range mountain forms) with reddish- 

 green streaked thin barks. 



•40 0000 Tropical species, occurring North of the Tropic of Capricorn. 



LEAVES (see diagrams on opposite page). 



•01 0000 Leaves lance-shaped, straight, or curved. 



•02 0000 Leaves pointed egg-shaped — ovate-lanceolate. 



•03 0000 Leaves very narrow and long — linear. 



•04 0000 Narrow -lance-shaped — broader than linear, but narrower than 

 lance-shaped. 



•05 0000 Heart-shaped or circular, small. 



•06 0000 Ovate, or egg-shaped, much larger than -05 



•07 0000 Oblong, of the shape and size illustrated. 



FRUIT: Shape. (Se diagrams, page 8.) 



•00 1000 Globular or spherical, or roughly so. 



•00 2000 Egg-shaped, tapering away from the stalk, i.e., with the broad 

 side next to the stalk (ovoid-truncate). 



•00 3000 Bell-shaped (campanulate). 



•00 4000 Long and narrow, or more or less cylindroid. 



•00 5000 Cup-shaped (hemispherical). 



•00 6000 Pear-shaped, but flattened at the end (obovoid-truncate). 



•00 7000 Yase-shaped (globular, egg-shaped, etc., with a distinct neck). 



•00 8000 Inverted cone-shaped, top or funnel-shaped (turbinate). 



•00 9000 Four-angled (quadrangular). 



PRUIT: Valves. (Se diagrams, page 8.) 



•00 0100 Valves enclosed within the fruit. 



•00 0200 Valves protruding beyond the opening, more or less short and 

 triangular ( deltoid ) . 



•00 0300 Valves protruding, awl-shaped. 



•00 0400 Valves slightly protruding, or slightly sunk, more or less level 

 with the top of the fruit. 



