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1. SALIX [Tourn.] L. Shrubs or trees, the buds with a single scale. 

 Leaf-blades pinnately veined, relatively short-petioled. Stamens 2, or rarely 

 1-7: anthers yellow or reddish. Ovary stipitate: stigmas not dilated. 



1. S. amphibia Small. Shrub, or small tree becoming 16 m. tall, the twigs 

 purplish or purple: leaf-blades linear-lanceolate or oblong, 3-13 cm. long: 

 stamiiiate ameuts 1.5-5 cm. long, the bracts finely pubescent: capsules conic 

 in outline, about 3 times as long as the pedicels. — Everglades and about ham- 

 mocks. — Willow. 



Order MYRICALES. 



Shrubs or small trees, usually aromatic. Leaves alternate: blades 

 simple, sometimes toothed or pinnatifid. Flowers dioecious or monoecious, 

 the staminate in long aments, each flower consisting of an androecium of 

 2-8 stamens, the pistillate in short aments, each flower consisting of a 

 gynoecium of 2 united carpels on a bract subtended by 2 bractlets and 

 surrounded by 2-8 scales. Stigmas 2. Ovule solitary. Fruit a nut, the 

 epicarp often waxy. 



Family 1. MYRICACEAE. Bayberry Family. 



Leaves resinous-dotted. Staminate and pistillate flowers in scaly 

 aments. Perianth wanting. Ovary 1-celled. 



1. CEROTHAMNUS Tidestrom. Dioecious shrubs. Leaf-blades entire 

 or merely toothed. Pistillate aments not bristly. Fruit globose, drupe-like 

 with a fleshy waxy epicarp. 



1. C. ceriferus (L.) Small. Shrub, or tree becoming 12 m. tall: leaf -blades 

 oblauceolate to oblong-oblauceolate, 3-10 cm. long, entire or sharply toothed: 

 staminate aments 1-1.5 cm. long: nuts 2-3 mm. in diameter. [Mijrica cerifera 

 L., Morella cerifera (L.) Small.] — Pinelands and hammocks. — F. K. (Ber., 

 Bah., Cuba, Ant.) — Bayberry. Wax-myrtle. Myrtle. 



Order FAGALES. 



Shrubs or trees. Leaves alternate : blades simple. Flowers monoe- 

 cious or rarely dioecious, at least the staminate borne in aments, the pis- 

 tillate sometimes with an involucre which becomes a bur or cup in fruit. 

 Calyx usually present. Corolla wanting. Fruit a nut or rarely a samara. 



Family 1. FAGACEAE. Beech Family. 



Shrubs or trees, the wood usually coarse-gi'ained. Leaves sometimes 

 persistent : blades simple, entire, toothed, or lobed. Staminate aments 

 elongate or globular, the calyx of 4r-7 partially united sepals. Pistillate 

 flowers solitary or several together, each subtended by a bristly involucre, 

 the sepals thick. Fmit a bur-like or cup-like involucre enclosing or sub- 

 tending 1 or more nuts. 



1. QUERCTJS [Tourn.] L. Shrubs or trees, with coarse-grained wood. 

 Leaf-blades entire, toothed, or lobed. Staminate aments drooping: calyx 

 4-7-lobed: stamens 6-12, the filaments relatively short. Pistillate flowers 

 solitary or several: ovary usually 3-celled: stigmas 3, dilated. Mature invo- 

 lucre saucer-like or cup-like subtending the nut, or rarely enclosing it. — Oak. 



