ARTIFICIAL KEY. 



Stamens or Anthers 10, 



Vide also stamens 7-11. 



I. Perianth reduced to swollen glands. 

 Fls. in the axils of small bracts in 

 catkin-like spikes .... 



II. Perianth simple. Petals absent. 



A. Stamens free, or only united into a 

 tube at the base. 



1. Leaves simple, not palmate, alter- 

 nate. St. hypogynous or perigynoas. 



Stamens with alternating staminodes 

 united at the base 



Staminodes absent. A glabrous some- 

 what resinous shrub . • , 



2. Leaves simple opposite. Stamens 



epigynous .... 



3. Leaves pinnate .... 



Salix (p. 402) 



Casearia (p. 160) 



Dodon*ea(p.262) 



C ombre tacese 



(p. 359) 



Schleichera 



(p. 261) 



B. Stamens in a column surmounted by 

 a ring of sessile anthers. 

 Leaves palmi-nerved, palmate, or Sterculia 

 digitate. Fls. while leafless (p. 201) 



III. Calyx and corolla both present. 



A. Flowers regular. Petals free or nearly so (except in 

 some Mimosaceae). 



1. Leaves scale-like. ErectshruH Tamaricacese 



( V . 162) 



2. Leaves well- developed. 



a. Stamens free. (Vide p. 116.) 



i. Trees flowering while leafless, or occasionally 

 (Boswellia) with the young leaves also. 



a Fls. in very slender spikes, 



green. Lflts. entire 



Odina (p. 256) 



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