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S2. Lca\ c> entire. S.'.. 



>'.">. I5ark nf ripe twigs i^reeii, l)uii(lle scar <jr xasenlar 

 hundk' in base of i:)ctiok' I : j)ith rhombic. 



Euonymus. (.!.■)). 



8."). l)ark of ripe twii^s .i^ra}', bmwn, or red; i)illi cylin- 

 drical or nearly so. 84. 



84. Axillary buds sometimes superposed; leaves tinely 

 denticulate; twii^s litrJit brown, sometimes thorny: 

 drupe narrowly oblong-. Forestiera. (To). 



84. A.xillary buds not superposed; twigs not 4-angled, 

 brown; llt)wers epigynous; fruit a fleshy drupe; 

 vascular bundles in the base of the petiole •». 



Viburnum. (8:{). 



84. Axillary buds not superposed; lea\es serrate with 

 stipules, small; bundle scar central; twigs Ijrown. 

 sometimes with thorns; shrub-like trees with 

 drupe-like berries. Rhamnus. (-"U). 



8.V Leaves coriaceous, evergreen, hence on wood f)f tlu' 

 previous season. Kalmia. (67). 



8."). Leaves deciduous each j-ear. i^6. 



80. Leaves with the two outer lateral veins more or less 

 parallel with the midrib. 87. 



HG. Leaves i)innately veined to the tip. 88. 



87. Axillary buds not covered by the petiole base; inflo- 

 rescence cymose. Cornus. (70). 



87. Axillary buds minute, hidden by the ])etiole base; 



flowers ill involucrate heads. Cynoxylon, (8(t). 



88. Stipules none; fruit an oblong drupe. 



Chionanthus. (7:'.). 

 88. Stipules ])resent ;. fruit dr>-. in a head. 



Cephalanthus. (SJ). 



