a b c tl 4 e f 4 15 



is Oblanceolate and lanceolate, pale bn., finely serrate; stipules folia- 

 ceous; branchlets first season and buds hairy. 



MISSOURI WILLOW (8. Missouriensis ) . 

 IT Ovate-oblong, rounded or subcordate b., acute a. 



BALSAM WILLOW (Salix basamifera) . 

 h 2 Buds covered by several scales; 



i Leaves lanceovate, cuneate or rounded b., bluntly pointed a. 



NARROW-LEAF COTTONWOOD (Populus augustifolia) . 

 i 2 Leaves ovate-orbicular, subcordate. 



TWEEDY'S COTTONWOOD (P. T weedy i} . 

 g- 5-celled, dehiscent by 5 valves; leaves lance-obovate to oblong, tapering 



both ways, remotely serrate above the middle and 

 h Persistent, thick, coriaceous; seeds winged. 



LOBLOLLY BAY (Gordonia Lasianthus). 

 h 2 Deciduous, membranaceous ; seeds not winged. 



FRANKLJNIA (Franklinia Altamaha) . 

 fs Nutlet, 



g Not winged, each 



h Subtended by a 3-lobed leaf-like bract and arranged in aments; Ivs. 

 unequally and sharply serrate, glabrous bn. except for silky hairs 



in the axils of veins BLUE BEECH ( Carpinus Caroliniann ) . 



h 2 Enclosed in a membranous sac and arranged in loose cone-like aments; 

 leaves ovate-oblong, unequally and sharply serrate, pubescent bn. 



IRON WOOD (Os try a Virginiana). 



