56 KEY FOR THE IDENTIFICATION OF TREES AND SHRUBS 



67. Leaves simple: undivided, entire, toothed or 



lobed but not cut to the midrib 68 



67. Leaves compound: leaf blade divided to the midrib 



or to the petiole, forming distinct leaflets. . . 105 



68. Leaf with expanded blade • . . . . 69 



68. Leaf blade reduced to needle or scale 116 



69. Leaves opposite: 2 or occasionally 3 at a 

 node: the point where leaves occur on a 



stem 



69. Leaves alternate: 1 at a node 86 



70. Leaf margin entire 71 



70. Leaf margin cut in varying degrees ... 75 

 71. Veins conspicuous, especially on 



under surface 72 



71. Veins inconspicuous 73 



72. Leaf broad-elliptic, short-stalked, 

 soft with minute hairs, veins 

 curved, a tree-shrub. See #9. 

 Flowering Dogwood 

 Cornus florida L. 

 72. Leaf long-elliptic, smooth, green 

 beneath. . .Fringe Tree 



Chionanthus virgintcaL. 

 72. Leaf long-ovate, smooth, 2 or 3 at 

 one node. . Buttonbush 



Cephalanthus occidental i s L, 

 72. Leaf ovate, pointed, green and 

 shining above, grey and soft be- 

 neath. . . .Carolina Allspice 



Calycanthus floridus L. 

 72. Leaf narrowly ovate, leathery, 

 olive-green, evergreen, 3 at a 

 node, a shrub only 1 or 2 feet 

 high. See #89 



Sheep Laurel 

 Kalmia angustt fol i a L. 

 73. Leaf oblong-ovate, firm, short - 

 petioled, dark green, smooth. 

 Privet 



Li gustrum vulgare L. 

 73. Leaf ovate to elliptical, thin, 

 short -pet ioled. 



Genus Lonicera . . . . 7^ 

 74. Leaf smooth, deeply veined, a 

 bushy shrub. 



Tartarian Honeysuckle 

 Lonicera tatartcaL. 



