KEY TO GENERA AND SPECIES 



Fig. 31. Sassafras. 



24. Twigs and bark emitting a disagreeable or 

 heavy odor when bruised. Leaves without 

 any lobes. Leaf -stalk usually less than \ 

 inch long. Fruit fleshy and edible, green 

 or brown when ripe, i\ to 5 

 inches long, enclosing several 

 large seeds. Central N. Y. 

 westward and southward. 

 (Fig. 32.) Papaw, Common 

 Papaw, Custard Apple, Asi- 

 mina triloba Dunal. 



24. Twigs and bark not particularly 

 fragrant nor with an unpleas- 

 ant odor when bruised. None 

 of the leaves lobed 25. 



25. Leaves thick, smooth, and ever- 

 green 26. 



Fig. 32. Common 

 Papaw. 



