Key to Trees and Shnibs. 125 



45. Leaves ohovatt or oval, obscurely serrate ; flovvciiiig branches p.^c.e 



ei-ect Gaitl/hi'iia. '.12 



45. Leaves roinided, cordate, bristly, with rusty hairs F.piircra. !t2 



4(>. Tendril-bearing vines, with berries in a thyrse / 'His. M) 



4(1. Not tendril-bearing, twining; pods orange-colored, aril-scarlet. .CV'/rt.f/r«i'. 77 

 4(i. Shrub; leaves evergreen; margins not revolute, green t)eneath . .A'a/h/zV?. '.H 

 4r). Shrub ; leaves e\ergreen; margins stronglj- revolute, whitened 



beneath Aiidroiiirda. '.t2 



4li. Leaves nearly evergreen, ferruginous-scurfy beneath ; plant low 



and much branched CliaDurciaplnir. ".12 



4(3. Not as above 47 . 



47. Leaves pinnatifid, with many rounded lobes Comploiita. 2'.i 



47. Leaves crenate, obovate, roundish or orbicular, pale beneath . .A'/V«/«. ;!2 

 47. Leaves serrate, toothed or lobed 4.s . 

 47. Leaves entire 5;> . 

 48. Leaves roundish, somewhat palmately lobed and cordate; pods 



purpli.sh Ofiiilastcr. (il 



48. Leaves sometimes cut-lobed ; pome drupe-like ; seeAs \-\,ho\\\ . .Cratirgiii. (v. 

 48. Leaves not palmately lobed 4!t . 



4y. The fruit nut naked, bon}i-, incrusted with white wa.x Myiiia. 29 



4'.t. The fruit berries or berry-like 52 . 



40. The fruit a fleshy pome or drupe: trees, often thorny 51 . 

 40. The fruit dry 50 . 

 50. Leaves long and usually pointed; buds covered liy a single scale; 

 fruit a 1-celled pod; seeds numerous, furnished with silky 



down ; shrubs or trees Sa/i.v. oO 



50. Leaves more or less distinctly .'i-ribbed at base, broadly or nar- 

 rowly oval or ovate ; fruit o-lobed ; small shrubs Craiiolhiis. 79 



50. Leaves oval, ovate, wedge-lanceolate or oblong; fruit 5-S follicles 



in corymbs or panicles ; shrubs, not large Spircra. til 



.50. Leaves broadly-oval or ovate or obovate ; stipules oval or oblong- 

 lanceolate ; scales of the orbicular or ovate catkins woody ; 



jf large shrubs Alniis. 32 



5L Leaves ovate or sub-obovate, conspicuously pointed, coarsely 

 or doublj' serrate; very veiny; fruit Vi-Vi in. in diameter, 



the stone smooth Piidiiis. 68 



51. Leaves ovate, siib-cordate, oblong or lanceolate, toothed or 

 cut-serrate or lobed; the 2-5 carpels or cells papery or car- 



tillaginous Pyrits. t)2 



51. Leaves round-ovate, sub-cordate or cuneate, sometimes cut- 

 lobed, large, or smaller and wedge-obovate and oblanceo- 



late ; pome with 1-5 bony seeds Cratcrgus. Cr? 



52. Leaves oblong, mostly entire or slightly toothed ; shrub with ash- 

 gray bark and mostly solitary, axillary, peduncled, light- 

 red drupes, with 4-5 bony nutlets Ilicioidrs. 7(i 



52. Leaves serrulate, with bristly teeth, or minutely ciliolate-serrulate ; 



berry 5-celled, or more or less 10-celled ; low shrubs. ../ ai (■/;//««/. 93 

 52. Leaves oval, obovate or wedge-lanceolate, pointed, acute at base, 



serrate; fruit bright-ixd, in sessile clusters or .solitary Iliw. 7<5 



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