Key to the Australian species allied to Babingtonia virgata (Bean, Austrobaileya 5, 1999) 1. Leaf midrib impressed on upper surface; quadrangular branchlets with undulating surface and crenate margins B.pluriflora                            Leaf midrib not impressed on either surface; quadrangular branchlets smooth or papillose, with entire margins 2 2. Oil glands on branchlets raised, papillose B.papillosa Oil glands on branchlets not raised or impressed 3 3. Most inflorescences 3-flowered 4 Most inflorescences 7-flowered 7 4. Leaves obovate; flower stipes 1.2-2.5 mm long B.brachypoda Leaves elliptical to linear; flower stipes 2.5-4.5 mm long 5 5. Leaves plano-convex to concavo-convex, 0.5-1.0 mm wide B.angusta Leaves flat, 1.1-2 mm wide 6 6. Leaves 9-17 mm long; bracts up to 1.3 mm long B.similis Leaves 4.5-6.5 mm long; bracts 1.2-2 mm long B.bidwillii 7. Leaves 1.7-2.5 mm wide; bracts up to 1.4 mm long B.collina Leaves 2.5-3.5 mm wide; bracts 1-2.5 mm long B.crassa [Return to When is a Baeckea not a Baeckea?]