PART 4. LEAVES OPPOSITE, COMPOUND 



A. Leaves pinnate (bipinnate in Jacaranda, page 492). 

 B. Nodes with rings. 



C. Leaflets all paired (even pinnate), 4-10, ol)lique or asymmetrical, not toothed — Caltrop Family (Zygophyllaceae; 

 Guaiacum), page 212. 

 CC. Leaflets of odd number (odd pinnate), symmetrical or nearly so, toothed. 



D. Leaf axis winged; leaflets rounded at apex — Cunonia Family (Cunoniaceae; Weinmannia), page 138. 

 DD. Leaf axis not winged; leaflets pointed at apex. 



E. Leaflets 3-7, those at base deeply toothed and often divided into 3 lobes or leaflets — Honeysuckle Family 

 (Caprifoliaceae; Sambucus). 

 EE. Leaflets finely toothed, not lobed. 



F. Leaflets 5-11, elliptic or ovate, hairless or nearly so — Bladdernut Family (Staphyleaceae; Turpinia), 

 page 300. 

 FF. Leaflets 11-15, lance-shaped, densely hairy — Brunellia Family (Brunelliaceae; Brunellia), page 136. 

 BB. Nodes without rings. 



G. Leaflets all paired (even pinnate), 2-8 — Matayba, page 304. 

 GG. Leaflets of odd number (odd pinnate,). 



H. Leaves with minute gland dots, aromatic, with citruslike odor when crushed — Amyris, page 216. 

 HH. Leaves without gland dots, not aromatic — Bignonia Family (Bignoniaceae), page 490. 

 AA. Leaves digitate (palmate) or with 3 leaflets (trifoliolate). 



L Leaflets with minute gland dots, aromatic, with citruslike odor when crushed — Amyris, page 216. 

 n. Leaflets without gland dots, not aromatic. 



J. Flowers with short corolla tube; fruit a drupe — Vitex, page 486. 

 JJ. Flowers with long corolla tube; fruit a long narrow capsule with many winged seeds — Tabebuia, page 496. 



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