MIMOSACEAE (MIMOSA FAMILY) 



9 a Shrub 1-7 ft. high; leaves hairy beneath; fruit with 

 bloom; usually on sea-beaches 



BEACH PLUM. (P. maritima.) 

 b Trees cultivated for their fruit or flowers 10 



10 a Leaves unequally and doubly toothed ; flowers 2-4 in a 



lateral cluster ; fruit without bloom n 



b Leaves coarsely but more or less regularly toothed ; 



flowers solitary or 2-3 together; fruit with a bloom.. 12 



11 a Tree planted for its flowers; flowers usually double 



JAPANESE FLOWERING CHERRY. (P. pseudo-cerasus.*) 

 b Trees planted for their fruit 13 



12 a Leaves more or less hairy beneath 



GARDEN PLUM. (P. domestica.*) 

 b Leaves not hairy beneath. JAPANESE PLUM. (P. triflbra*) 



13 a Leaves 1-3 in. long, dark green and shining above; 



fruit sour SOUR CHERRY. (P. cerasus.*) 



b Leaves 3-6 in. long, usually not dark green above; 



fruit sweet SWEET CHERRY. (P. avium.*) 



2 AMtGDALUS. 



1 a Small tree usually 6 ft. or more high 



PEACH. (A. persica*) 

 b Shrubs 1-5 ft. high, cultivated for the flowers 2 



2 a Leaves lanceolate to oblong, never lobed at apex 



FLOWERING ALMOND. (A. pumila.*) 

 b Leaves broadly ovate, often lobed toward apex 



FLOWERING PLUM. (A. pedunculata* ) 



13 MIMOSACEAE. Mimosa Family. 



1 MIM6SA SENSITIVE PLANT. (M. pudica*) 



2 ACACIA. 



i a Leaves simple KANGAROO THORN. (A. armata*) 



b Leaves bi-pinnately compound 



DRUMMOND'S ACACIA. (A. drummondii*) 



14 CAESALPINACEAE. Senna Family. 

 i CASSIA. 



1 a Flowers in racemes; pods 3-4 in. long; plant 3-8 ft. 



high WILD SENNA. (C. maryldndica.) 



b Flowers in clusters; pods 1-3 in. long; plants %-2 ft. 



high 2 



2 a Flowers 1-2 in. broad ; stamens 10 



PARTRIDGE PEA. (C. chamaecrista.) 

 b Flowers %-% in. broad ; stamens 5 



WILD SENSITIVE PLANT. (C. nictitans.) 



2 CfiRCIS RED-BUD. (C. canadens'u,) 



3 GLEDfTSIA THORNY LOCUST. (G. triacdnthos.) 



4 GYMN6CLADUS.... KENTUCKY COFFEE TREE. (G. diolca.) 



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