1	"Capsules opening by 7-11 valves."	"Leptospermum laevigatum"
1	"Capsules opening by 4-7 valves"	2
2	"Capsule ± succulent or coriaceous, dark reddish or purple, soft, not woody; scarcely persisting for more than one season"	"Leptospermum glaucescens"
2	"Capsule woody, grey or brownish, mostly hard when mature; usually persisting on plant for several seasons"	3
3	"Hypanthium and immature capsule glabrous or minutely silky-hairy; indumentum hardly conspicuous; surface of hypanthium not or scarcely scaly, flaking"	4
3	"Hypanthium and immature capsule conspicuously silky-hairy or pubescent; surface of hypanthium scaly, flaking"	5
4	"Leaves usually concave, apex acute with pungent tip; fruit 5-9 mm diam. (widespread)"	"Leptospermum scoparium"
4	"Leaves usually flat, apex blunt, mucronulate but not pungent; fruit 8-15 mm diam. (east coast)"	"Leptospermum grandiflorum"
5	"Mature leaves closely silky-hairy or pubescent, at least on the abaxial surface"	"Leptospermum lanigerum"
5	"Mature leaves glabrous, rarely with a few long hairs, margins sometimes ciliolate"	6
6	"Leaves coarse, blunt, 3-5(-8) mm long, (1.5-)2-5 mm wide (mostly confined to dolerite montane habitats at > c. 750 m)"	"Leptospermum rupestre"
6	"Leaves relatively thin, apex acute to acuminate, 5-15(-25) mm long, (2-)3-5 mm wide (confined to riparian habitats, at sea-level to c. 1000 m alt.)"	7
7	"Leaves dull, narrow elliptic-oblong; fruit turbinate, base narrowed into short pedicel, hardly obscured by flakes or scales of hypanthium wall (riparian corridor habitats in the W & S)"	"Leptospermum riparium"
7	"Leaves shining, elliptic to narrow-oblanceolate; fruit sessile, sides ± parallel, base broad, flat; attachment to branch obscured by flakes and scales of hypanthium wall; widespread, from sea level to c. 1000 m alt."	"Leptospermum nitidum"