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138 a Fruit globose, red changing to black 



Rhamnus frangula. p 184. 

 b Fruit oval, red to yellow 139 



139 a Fruit yellow; branches covered with whitish scales 



or hairs Elaeagnus. p 189 



b Fruit red 140 



140 a Leaves 3-5 in. long, oblong-lanceolate Daphne, p 189 



b Leaves 2-3 in. long, oval to obovate Dirca. p 189 



141 a Leaves very hairy or woolly beneath 142 



b Leaves not noticeably hairy beneath 144 



142 a Cultivated shrub or small tree; fruit a large, hairy 



pome 2 in. or more in diameter. .Cydonia vulgaris. p 168 

 b Wild shrubs ; fruit not completely as in a 143 



143 a Shrub 3-10 ft. high with shredded bark 



Vaccimum atrococcum. p 196 

 b Shrub 2 ft. or less high ; fruit of capsules 



Helianthemum. p 1 86 



144 a Leaves rounded-heart-shaped; cultivated trees; fruit of 



pods MJ-I in. long 145 



b Fruit wanting or not of pods 146 



145 a Leaves whitish beneath; pods %-i in. long 



Cercidiphyllum. p 152 

 b Leaves not whitish beneath; pods 2-3 in. long . Cercis. p 7/0 



146 a Tree cultivated for the fruit; tree often somewhat 



cone-shaped Pyrus. p 167 



b Trees or shrubs not cultivated for the fruit 147 



147 a Trees with fruit about i in. in diameter, fleshy; bark 



checkered Diospyros. p 198 



b Fruit wanting or not completely as in a 148 



148 a Shrubs or small trees cultivated for their flowers 149 



b Shrubs or trees not cultivated for their flowers 151 



149 a Leaves usually 3 in. or more long Magnolia, p 757 



/; Leaves usually less than 3 in. long 150 



150 a Shrub 6-15 ft. high Exochorda. p 164 



b Shrubs 6 ft. or less high Azalea, p 195 



151 a Fruit present, of ovoid or globose capsules 152 



b Fruit wanting or of oblong capsules 2 in. or more long, 



or of berries 153 



152 a Capsules numerous, in racemes; shrub 3-12 ft. high 



Xolisma. p 195 

 b Capsules few together, in umbels; shrub 1-4 ft. high 



Pieris. p 195 



153 a Leaves whitish or glaucous beneath 154 



b Leaves not noticeably whitish or glaucous beneath.... 156 



154 a Shrub or small tree 8 ft. or more high 



Magnolia virginiana. p 757 

 b Shrubs 5 ft. or less high 155 



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