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Leaves roundish, with about 3 or 5 deep lobes; fruit a 
currant. | } 
| Ribes.” 0 
Leaves not of this shape. 
Leaves with the main lateral nerves running out 
straight (or simply forked) to the margin ; flowers | &} G 
greenish, or in catkins. . 
Leaves blunt, or with obscure or rounded points. 
Leaves with several rounded, bluntish lobes ; fruit. fe 
an acorn. } p> 
| Quer’cus Ro’bur. Oak. 
Leaves surrounded by numerous sharp teeth; we 
fruit a little cone. oz} 
Alnus glutino’sa. Adder. 
Leaves sharply pointed. 
Leaves entire, or with distant, very shallow teeth, 
finely fringed round the margin. ea = 
Fa/gus sylvatica. Beech. 
Leaves with numerous small teeth. 
Leaf-stalk at least half as long as the leaf. 
Leaves one-sided at their base, simply GS 
toothed; petals 5; fruit roundish. } 
Tilia europe’a. Lime Pages yz 
Leaves not one-sided, with large and small 
teeth; no petals; fruit winged. ‘ 
Betula al’ba. Sirch. 
Leaf-stalk rarely a quarter as long as the leaf. 
Leaves roundish, the stalk bearing gland- 
tipped hairs; nut in a ragged “shuck.”’ )% : 
Cor'ylus Avella/na. Hazel. a 
Leaves oval or oblong, stalk not glandular. 
Bark rough and cracked ; leaves one- rouge el 
at base; fruit winged. 
Ul'mus. Elm? 
Bark smooth; leaves scarcely one-sided ; 
fruit in a 3-lobed bract. } a, 
Carpi‘nus Bet’ulus. Hornbeam? 
Leaves with the main lateral nerves looping forwards, oe 
or branched and lost in the general network, 
before reaching the margin; flowers white or 
coloured (except in Sa/zx). 
Leaves scarcely an inch long, very narrow, with 
tooth-like stipules at their base; flowers yellow, | | 
irregular. . Genis'ta. 
Leaves longer (or wider) ; flowers not yellow. 
