Trees, Shrubs and Vines 



LEAVES COMPOUND: 

 PINNATE : 



ALTERNATE : 



edge of leaflets serrate or lobed : 44-46 (" Na- 

 tive Trees," 115, 118) 

 OPPOSITE : 46-48 

 PALMATE : 49 (" Native Trees," 129) 



TREES THORNY: 



leaves simple : 50, 51, 3 (" Native Trees," 140) 

 leaves compound (pinnate or trifoliate) : 52, 53 



EVERGREENS AND CONE-BEARING TREES: 



strictly evergreen : 



leaves 2-5 -clustered, slender, needle-like, i'-io' long : 



54-58 



leaves many in a whorl, short, slender, stiff : 59, 60 

 leaves not clustered nor whorled, each growing from a sep- 

 arate point, very short (^'-2'), except in 62 

 slender, but flat : 61-66, 73 

 awl-shaped, not flat, usually stiff: 67-70 ("Native 



Trees," 162) 



leaves 4-whorled, % ', prickly : 71, 72 



leaves extremely small (iV~X') scarcely recognizable as 

 leaves, flat and roundish, or slender and often prickly, 

 the branches with the closely appressed (when not 

 prickly) leaves forming more or less flat sprays : 74- 



7 6 



Trees not evergreen, but deciduous ; cone-bearing ; leaf }4'-i' 

 or more, needle-like, pliant, whorled : 77, 78 



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