II 



Key to the Wild Plants and Cultivated Trees 



and Shrubs Which Flower from 



June to November 



1 a Trees, shrubs, and woody vines 2 



b Herbaceous plants 129 



2 a Leaves about % in. or less broad 3 



b Leaves ^4 in. or more broad 5 



3 a Small tree 6 ft or more high; branches often plume-like 



Tamarix. p 1 86 

 b Shrubs 3 ft. or less high 4 



4 a Cultivated shrub ; leaves in 4 rows on the stem 



Calluna. p 195 

 b Wild shrubs; leaves not in 4 rows on the stem 



Hudsonia. p 186 



5 a Leaves opposite on the branches 6 



b Leaves alternate on the branches 36 



6 a Leaves compound 7 



b Leaves simple 12 



7 a Flowers regular, funnel-shaped, about 2 in. broad 



Tecoma. p 212 

 b Flowers not completely as in a 8 



8 a Leaves palmately compound ; flowers irregular 



Aesculus. p 183 

 b Leaves pinnately compound ; flowers regular 9 



9 a Flowers white, in cymes Sambucus. p 214. 



b Flowers not in cymes 10 



10 a Stamens 2; perianth white or wanting Fraxinus. p 198 



b Stamens 5 or more ; perianth greenish n 



11 a Leaflets usually 5, coarsely toothed; flowers in clusters 



. or racemes Acer negundo. p 182 



b Leaflets 7-17, finely toothed; flowers in panicles 



Phellodendron. p 179 



12 a Tree with violet, tubular flowers 2 in. or more long 



Paulownia. p 210 

 b Trees or shrubs not completely as in a 13 



13 a Shrubs with showy yellow flowers about i in. long 



Forsythia. p 198 

 b Shrubs or trees not completely as in a 14 



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