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Stems not 4-angIed; leaves opposite. 

 Fruits small capsules. 



Capsules oblong; petals plane, 4 or 5 HydrangEACEAE, p. 81. 



Capsules rounded, clove-like; petals 5, the limbs cupped 



- CEANOTHUS, p. 165. 



Fruits berry-like, red, white, or bluish CoRNACEAE, p. 178. 



b. Corollas saucer-shaped, bell-shaped, or tubular. 



Herbage with mint-like odor; stems 4-angled. 



Flowers blue or purplish, '74 to % inch long Menthaceae, p. 208. 



Flowers white, tiny LIPPIA, p. 207. 



Herbage without mint-like odor; stems round. 



Corollas saucer-shaped, red KALMIA, p. 184. 



Corollas bell-shaped to tubular, not red. 



Fruits many-seeded capsules; corollas 2-lipped. 



Corollas distinctly 2-lipped; ovary borne inside the corolla and fiee 



from it SCROPHULARIACEAE, p. 210. 



Corollas somewhat 2-lipped; ovary borne below flower parts; eastern 



genus - DIERVILLA, p. 223. 



Fruits berries; corollas 2-lipped or not Caprifoliaceae, p. 214. 



2. Leaves lobed or divided into separate leaflets. 



Fruits winged or with long tails. 



Climbing or trailing vines; flowers showy because of conspicuous bracts; fruits 



long-tailed seed-like achenes CLEMATIS, p. 77. 



Erect shrubs or small trees; flowers inconspicuous (showy in 2 species of Frax- 

 inus) ; fruits seed-Iikc, winged. 

 Leaves mostly 3- to 11-lobed; fruits double-winged AcERACEAE, p. 157. 



Leaves divided into 3 to 5 leaflets; fruits single-winged FRAXINUS, p. 204. 



Fruits capsules or berries, not winged nor tailed. 



Herbage resinous, with a strong odor of creosote; leaves 2-parted ; flowers yel- 

 low; fruijs small white-hairy capsules LARREA, p. 151. 



Herbage not resinous; leaves lobed, or divided into 3 or more leaflets; flowers 

 white or pinkish; fruits smooth. 



Leaflets 3; fruits bladder-like capsules, 3-celled; in Sequoia National Park 



STAPH YLEA, p. 157. 



Leaflets 5 to 9 or leaves lobed; fruiis berries; widespread m the parks 



Caprifoliaceae, p. 214. 



Yew Family (Taxaceae) 



Yew (Taxus L.) 



Field Guide to the Species 



Mostly tall shrubs or small trees; seeds oval; western species 1. T. brevifolia. 



Low shrubs; seeds broader than long; eastern species 2. T. canadensis. 



I. Western Yew (Taxus brevifolia Nutt.), fig. 2. — Spreading shrub 

 1 to 12 feet high or a tree to 30 feet high; bark of old stems reddish-brown, 



