KEY TO CULTIVATED HERBS AND POTTED SHRUBS 



127 a Fruit about l /2 in. in diameter, scarlet; leaves 1-3 in. 



long Solanum pseudo-capsicum, p 208 



b Fruit about 1 A in. in diameter, red or white ; leaves 



2-7 in. long Ardisia. p 196 



128 a Plants cultivated for their showy flowers 129 



b Plants cultivated for their foliage 131 



129 a Leaves 4-7 in. long, thick, evergreen. .Rhododendron, p 195 

 b Leaves not completely as in a 130 



130 a Flowers very showy, in terminal umbels, often double 



Azalea indica. p 195 

 b Flowers in forked, recurved spikes. .. .Heliotr opium, p 202 



131 a Leaves aromatic when crushed; small tree usually with 



rounded head Laurus. p 154 



b Leaves not aromatic when crushed 132 



132 a Leaves sessile Dracaena, p 13$ 



b Leaves petioled 133 



133 a Petioles of leaves 3-6 in. long, deeply channeled 



Cordyline. piss 

 b Petioles of leaves not as in a 134 



134 a Leaves dark green Ficus. p 14.5 



b Leaves usually variegated Codiaeum. p 180 



135 a Leaves tubular or pitcher-shaped toward the apex, 



with a terminal lip Nepenthes, p 160 



b Leaves not as in a 136 



136 a Leaves compound, pinnatifid, or lobed 137 



b Leaves simple with entire or toothed margins, the teeth 



J /4 in. or less long 219 



137 a Leaves opposite on the stem 138 



b Leaves all alternate or basal 147 



138 a^ Climbing vines 139 



b Plants not climbing 140 



139 a Stems rough with reflexed, bristly hairs; flowers green- 



ish, small Humulus japonicus. p 14$ 



b Stems not rough; flowers i in. or more broad. Clematis, p 153 



140 a Leaves divided into linear segments 141 



b Leaves not completely as in a 142 



141 a Flowers arranged in heads subtended by an involucre 



Cosmos, p 235 

 b Flowers arranged in cymes Gilia. p 202 



142 a Plant cultivated for the variegated leaves; stem 4-angled 



Coleus. p 208 

 b Plants cultivated for the flowers 143 



143 a Plant prostrate and spreading on the ground; flowers 



regular and solitary Nemophila. p 202 



b Plants not completely as in a 144 



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