KEY TO CULTIVATED HERBS AND POTTED SHRUBS 



144 a Flowers in heads subtended by an involucre of bracts. 145 

 b Flowers solitary or in panicles 146 



145 a Outer bracts of involucre longer than the flowers 



Scabiosa. p 216 

 b Outer bracts of involucre much shorter than the flowers 



Dahlia, p 23$ 



146 a Leaves pinnately divided into 7-25 segments 



Valeriana. p 216 

 b Leaves deeply and sharply toothed, not divided 



Alonsoa, p 210 



147 a Plants climbing or else cultivated in hanging baskets. 148 

 b Plants not as in a 161 



148 a Vines with tendrils 149 



b Plants not with tendrils 154 



149 a Tendrils at the ends of the compound leaves 150 



b Tendrils not as in a 151 



150 a Flowers irregular; leaflets 2 Lathyrus. P 174 



b Flowers regular ; leaflets 4-6 Cobaea. p 202 



151 a Leaves doubly compound, the leaflets toothed or lobed 



Cardiospermum. p 183 

 b Leaves merely lobed, not compound 152 



152 a Flowers % in. or more broad Passi flora, p 188 



b Flowers % in. or less broad 153 



153 a Leaves deeply 3~7-lobed, the sinuses extending half way 



or more to the petiole Micrampelis. p 216 



b Leaves 5-angled, not deeply lobed as in a....Sicyos. p 216 



154 a Leaves lobed, not compound 155 



b Leaves compound 157 



155 a Vines cultivated out of doors Ipomoea. p 20! 



b Plants cultivated in pots or window baskets 156 



156 a Petioles of leaves coiled; flowers solitary 



Antirrhinum maurandioides. p 210 

 b Petioles of leaves not coiled; flowers in heads 



Senecio mikanioides. p 238 



157 a Leaves doubly compound Adlumia. p 755 



b Leaves singly compound, of 3-7 leaflets 158 



158 a Leaflets 5-7, sometimes 3; flowers 1-2 in. long, violet 



Bradburya. p 174. 

 b Leaflets 3 159 



159 a Plant sparingly cultivated for its foliage; standard 



usually spurred at the base Pueraria. p 176 



b Plants cultivated for their flowers 160 



160 a Leaflets wrinkled; flowers purple to white. .Dolichos. p 176 

 b Leaflets not wrinkled; flowers red or white 



Phaseolus multifloru*. p 176 



161 a Plants cultivated for their foliage 162 



b Plants cultivated for their flowors 170 



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