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  9 
  

  

  B 
  

  

  Stamens 
  not 
  more 
  than 
  10. 
  

  

  FAMILY 
  PAGE 
  

  

  (1) 
  Trees, 
  shrubs, 
  or 
  woody 
  vines. 
  

  

  (a) 
  Fruit 
  a 
  drupe. 
  

  

  Stamens 
  2, 
  rarely 
  3-4 
  79. 
  Olive 
  .... 
  189 
  

  

  Stamens 
  as 
  many 
  as 
  the 
  petals. 
  

   Flowers 
  bisexual. 
  

  

  Stamens 
  4, 
  alternate 
  with 
  the 
  petals 
  . 
  . 
  74. 
  Dogwood 
  . 
  . 
  .175 
  

   Stamens 
  5, 
  alternate 
  with 
  the 
  petals 
  . 
  . 
  55. 
  Sumac 
  .... 
  148 
  

   Stamens 
  4-5, 
  opposite 
  the 
  petals 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  62. 
  Buckthorn 
  . 
  . 
  154 
  

   (6) 
  Fruit 
  a 
  berry. 
  

  

  Stamens 
  alternate 
  with 
  the 
  petals. 
  

  

  Inserted 
  on 
  the 
  calyx, 
  leaves 
  simple 
  . 
  . 
  44. 
  Saxifrage 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  109 
  

   Inserted 
  on 
  a 
  disk 
  surrounding 
  the 
  ovary; 
  

  

  leaves 
  compound 
  72. 
  Ginseng 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  169 
  

  

  Stamens 
  opposite 
  the 
  petals 
  63. 
  Grape 
  or 
  Vine 
  . 
  155 
  

  

  (c) 
  Fruit 
  a 
  2-seeded 
  capsule 
  or 
  a 
  key. 
  

  

  Leaves 
  compound 
  52. 
  Rue 
  144 
  

  

  (d) 
  Fruit 
  a 
  2-celled, 
  many-seeded 
  capsule; 
  flowers 
  

  

  large, 
  yellow 
  79. 
  Olive 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  .189 
  

  

  (e) 
  Fruit 
  a 
  3-5-celled 
  capsule; 
  flowers 
  small, 
  green- 
  

  

  ish, 
  or 
  brown-purple 
  ; 
  leaves 
  simple 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  57. 
  Wahoo 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  150 
  

  

  (/) 
  Fruit 
  5-lobed, 
  the 
  5 
  carpels 
  separating 
  when 
  ripe 
  ; 
  

   flowers 
  rather 
  large, 
  white, 
  or 
  of 
  showy 
  colors 
  ; 
  

   leaves 
  simple 
  48. 
  Geranium 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  140 
  

  

  (g) 
  Fruit 
  a 
  1-3-celled 
  capsule, 
  leaves 
  compound, 
  

  

  flowers 
  zygomorphic 
  60. 
  Buckeye 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  152 
  

  

  (h) 
  Fruit 
  a 
  3-celled 
  bladdery 
  capsule, 
  leaves 
  com- 
  

   pound, 
  flowers 
  actinomorphic 
  58. 
  Bladder 
  Nut 
  . 
  .151 
  

  

  (i) 
  Fruit 
  a 
  legume 
  47. 
  Pea 
  or 
  Pulse 
  . 
  . 
  126 
  

  

  (2) 
  Herbs. 
  

  

  (a) 
  Ovary 
  single, 
  1-celled, 
  simple 
  or 
  compound. 
  

   * 
  Corolla 
  actinomorphic 
  or 
  nearly 
  so. 
  

  

  Sepals 
  and 
  petals 
  4-5 
  ; 
  stamens 
  5, 
  10, 
  or 
  12, 
  

  

  distinct. 
  

   Leaves 
  alternate. 
  

  

  Stigma 
  single 
  47. 
  Pea 
  or 
  Pulse 
  . 
  . 
  126 
  

  

  Stigmas 
  4 
  or 
  2 
  44. 
  Saxifrage 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  109 
  

  

  Leaves 
  opposite, 
  punctate, 
  flowers 
  yellow 
  . 
  66. 
  St. 
  John's-wort 
  . 
  160 
  

  

  Leaves 
  opposite, 
  flowers 
  white 
  or 
  red 
  . 
  . 
  31. 
  Pink 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  77 
  

  

  Sepals 
  and 
  petals 
  4-5 
  ; 
  stamens 
  6, 
  united 
  . 
  . 
  68. 
  Passion 
  Flower 
  . 
  163 
  

  

  Sepals 
  2, 
  petals 
  4-5 
  30. 
  Purslane 
  ... 
  76 
  

  

  