126 Spring Flora of Ohio. 



52. Leaves oblong or oblanceolate, acute or acuiiiiiiate, finely glandn- pace 



lar-serrate, tomentose beneath or nearly smooth ; fruit red 

 or black -iniiiia. (>'2 



52. Leaves ovate, ovate-oblong, oblong or broadly-elliptical, rounded 

 or sub-cordate at base, pointed, very sharply or finely ser- 

 rate ; large shrub or tree ■Xinclaiuhirr. (Vi 



52. Leaves oval, oblong, or ovate, abruptly pointed, veiy sharply often 

 doubly serrate with slender teeth, thin : fruit in racemes 

 red, turning to dark crimson ; tall shrub, sometimes tree- 

 like PiHuus. 68 



52. Leaves oval or oblong-lanceolate, actite or on flowering shoots ob- 

 long or obtuse, serrate or finely serrulate; drupe black, 



2-;5-seeded ; shrub low or tall Rlia»niHs. 70 



.53. Twigs, etc., spicy aromatic: leaves oblong -obovate, pale be- 

 neath Benzoin. .50 



.i.i. The fruit incrusted with white wax ; leaves oblong-lanceoate, 

 entire or wavy-toothed toward the apex, shining and resi- 

 nous dotted Mviicii. 29 



5:!, Shrub with white, soft, very brittle wood, but the fibrous bark 



remarkably tough: leaves oval-obovate, short petiolate Dii-ca. 85 



.5o. Not as above, but leaves nearly or quite evergreen 54 . 



54. Leaves very thick, persistent, elliptical or lance-oblong, margins 



somewhat revolute ; capsule .5-celled Rhododendron. 91 



54. Leaves oblong or linear-oblong, persistent, clothed with rusty wool 

 beneath, the margins revolute: slightU- fragrant when 

 bruised Lcdii>n. 1)1 



54. I/Caves oblong-obtuse, nearly evergreen, scurfy especially beneath : 



capsule depressed, 5-celled : low, much-branched Chamcrdapline. 92 



54. Not as above 55). 



55. Leaves entire or slightly toothed, oblong: a niuch-branched 

 shrub with ash-grey bark and mostly solitary, axillary, 



peduncled, light-red drupes with 4-5 bonj- nutlets Ilicioides. 76 



■55. Large shrub or tree : branches greenish, streaked with white : 

 leaves clustered at the ends, ovate or oval, long-pointed 

 whitish beneath : the cyme of white flowers and deep blue 



fruit broad and open Corn us. Sl» 



55. Shrub with long, recurved, drooping branches : leaves oblong- 

 lanceolate or spatulate-lanceolate, often fascicled, narrowed 

 into a short petiole : flowers and oval orange-red berries 



fascicled in the axils Lyciuni. 105 



55. Leaves obovate to oblong-lanceolatd, hairy or bristly, or some- 

 times downy beneath : flowers large and showy ; shrubs 



mostly smallish ; capsule 5-celled, 5-valved Azalea. 91 



.55. Flowers small, fruit dark blue or black, and otherwise not as 

 above 56!. 



5(1. Fruit a 10-celled berry containing 10 seed-like nutlets : shrubs much , 

 resembling the next, commonly sprinkled with resinous 

 dots Gaylussacia. 93 



■56. Fruit a 4-.5-celled berry or imperfectly S-10-celled by false parti- 

 tions , many-seeded ; flowers and fruit solitary, clustered or 

 in leafv-bracted racemes Vacciniiiin. 93 



