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22. Leaves distinctly toothed 27. 



22. Leaves entire or nearly so 23. 



23. Trees with swollen bases; fruit a drupe, longer than Nyssa, p. 130. 

 wide (fig. 22). 



23. Shrubs or small trees; fruit, if not dry, globose 24. 



24. Leaves entire; fruit dry 25. 



24. Leaves usually with a few remote teeth above Ilex, p. 121. 

 the middle or at least bristle-tipped; fruit 

 a red or black berry (fig. 23) . 



Figure 22. 



Figure 23. 



25. Leaves leathery, broad, and with a conspicuous vein Desmothamnus, p. 132. 



running just inside the margin (fig. 24). 

 25. Leaves not leathery or broad, but oblong and with no 26. 

 intramarginal vein. 



26. Flower clusters lateral; fruit not winged Cyrilla, p. 121. 



(fig. 25). 

 26. Flower clusters terminal; fruit winged (fig. Cliftonia, p. 121. 

 26). 



Figure 24. 



Figure 25. 



Figure 26. 



