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  KEY 
  AND 
  FLORA 
  

  

  without 
  stipules. 
  Perianth 
  none. 
  Staminate 
  flowers 
  in 
  oblong 
  

   or 
  cylindrical 
  catkins 
  ; 
  stamens 
  2-10, 
  with 
  the 
  filaments 
  united 
  

   below. 
  Pistillate 
  flowers 
  surrounded 
  by 
  a 
  cup 
  of 
  2-6 
  scales 
  ; 
  

   ovary 
  solitary, 
  becoming 
  a 
  1-celled, 
  roundish 
  drupe 
  or 
  nut, 
  often 
  

   covered 
  with 
  waxy 
  grains. 
  Whole 
  plant 
  usually 
  fragrant.* 
  

  

  1. 
  M. 
  carolinensis 
  Mill. 
  WAXBERRY, 
  BAYBERRV. 
  A 
  spreading 
  

   shrub 
  or 
  small 
  tree 
  ; 
  young 
  branches 
  downy. 
  Leaves 
  lanceolate 
  or 
  

   oblong-lanceolate, 
  entire 
  or 
  sometimes 
  serrate 
  near 
  the 
  mostly 
  obtuse 
  

   apex, 
  smooth 
  or 
  downy 
  on 
  the 
  veins 
  beneath, 
  tapering 
  into 
  a 
  short 
  

   petiole. 
  Flowers 
  mostly 
  dioscious. 
  Staminate 
  catkins 
  numerous, 
  

   stamens 
  4. 
  Pistillate 
  catkins 
  small, 
  bracts 
  slightly 
  3-lobed, 
  scales 
  of 
  

   the 
  ovary 
  4, 
  fringed 
  with 
  hairs 
  ; 
  stigmas 
  2. 
  Fruit 
  very 
  abundant, 
  

   incrusted 
  with 
  white 
  wax, 
  |-| 
  in. 
  in 
  diameter, 
  sometimes 
  persistent 
  

   for 
  2 
  or 
  3 
  years. 
  Common 
  on 
  wet 
  soils, 
  especially 
  near 
  the 
  coast.* 
  

  

  2. 
  M. 
  asplenifolia 
  L. 
  SWEET 
  FERN. 
  A 
  shrub 
  2 
  ft. 
  or 
  less 
  in 
  

   height, 
  with 
  brown 
  twigs. 
  Leaves 
  fern-like, 
  linear-lanceolate, 
  20-30- 
  

   lobed, 
  3-5 
  in. 
  long 
  and 
  very 
  fragrant. 
  Often 
  monoecious. 
  Staminate 
  

   catkins 
  cylindrical; 
  pistillate 
  catkins 
  globular. 
  Ovary 
  surrounded 
  

   by 
  8 
  long, 
  linear, 
  awl-shaped, 
  hairy 
  and 
  glandular 
  scales 
  which 
  

   encircle 
  the 
  ripened 
  fruit. 
  Nut 
  nearly 
  ovoid, 
  smooth, 
  small, 
  but 
  

   eaten 
  by 
  children. 
  

  

  16. 
  JUGLANDACE^:. 
  WALNUT 
  FAMILY 
  

  

  Trees 
  with 
  alternate, 
  odd-pinnate 
  leaves 
  without 
  stipules. 
  

   Flowers 
  monoecious, 
  the 
  Staminate 
  in 
  long 
  and 
  drooping 
  cat- 
  

   kins 
  ; 
  stamens 
  few 
  or 
  many 
  ; 
  calyx 
  2-6-parted. 
  Fertile 
  flowers 
  

   solitary 
  or 
  in 
  small 
  clusters 
  ; 
  calyx 
  3-5-lobed, 
  minute 
  petals 
  

   sometimes 
  present. 
  Ovary 
  inferior, 
  1-celled 
  or 
  incompletely 
  

   2-4-celled. 
  Fruit 
  (strictly 
  speaking 
  a 
  drupe) 
  with 
  a 
  dry 
  husk 
  

   inclosing 
  a 
  bony 
  nut.* 
  

  

  I. 
  JUGLANS 
  L. 
  

  

  Staminate 
  catkins 
  cylindrical, 
  solitary, 
  borne 
  on 
  wood 
  of 
  

   the 
  previous 
  year; 
  stamens 
  numerous, 
  filaments 
  short; 
  calyx 
  

   4-6-parted. 
  Pistillate 
  flowers 
  single 
  or 
  a 
  few 
  together 
  on 
  a 
  

   short 
  peduncle 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  growth 
  of 
  the 
  season. 
  Calyx 
  

   4-parted. 
  Petals 
  4, 
  minute, 
  epigynous. 
  Styles 
  2, 
  short, 
  plumose. 
  

   Fruit 
  large, 
  roundish 
  or 
  oval, 
  husk 
  fibrous-fleshy, 
  becoming 
  

   dry, 
  indehiscent; 
  nut 
  bony, 
  very 
  rough.* 
  

  

  