xl Keys Leaves Alternate 



451. Buds often superposed. 452. 

 Buds not superposed. 453. 



452. Pith small: fruit berry-like. p. 191. Ilex. 

 Pith large, twigs slender. p. 176. Securinega. 



451 Buds globose, with several scales: twigs very slender. 455. 

 Buds ovoid, with 2 scales. p. 261. Helwingia. 



454. Leaf-scars slightly raised. p. 94. Spiraea. 

 Leaf-scars not at all raised. p. 175. Andrachne. 



455. Bud-scales 2: twigs glaucous. p. 194. Nemopanthus. 

 Without this combination of characters. 456. 



456. Leaf-scars 2-ranked: end-bud naked, p. 305. Pterostyrax. 

 Leaf-scars in more than 2 ranks. 457. 



457. Buds ovoid or oblong. 458. 

 Buds subglobose. 461. 



458. Fruit of small round capsules. p. 287. Lyonia. 

 Fruit (berry-like) absent in winter. 459. 



459. Scurfy with peltate scales. p. 247. Elaeagnus. 

 Not peltate-scurfy. 460. 



460. Twigs green or warty, or buds round, p. 295. Vaccinium. 

 Twigs not green or warty: buds ovoid, p. 294. Gaylussacia. 



461. Tree: buds glossy red. p. 288. Oxydendrum. 

 Shrubs. 462. 



462. Branches almost in whorls at tip. p. 281. Enkianthus. 

 Branches not clustered at end of the season's growth. 463. 



463. Lear-scars crescent-shaped. p. 283. Leucothoe. 

 Leaf-scars rather 3-sided. p. 270. Zenobia. 



