26 KEY FOR THE DETERMINATION OF THE 



straight veins ; buds scattered along the twig, 

 as are the leaves. 



(1) Buds oblique to the axis of the twig ; 

 fruit edible, brown nuts enclosed in 



a prickly burr. 



Leaves over inches long, green both 



sides, (p. 109.) 



Leaves about 4 inches long, white- 

 downy beneath CHINQUAPIN 1 . 



(2) End bud long and slender, silky, 



brown ; twigs unpleasant scented ; 

 leaves about 10 inches long; fruit 



when ripe yellow and pulpy, (p. 41.).... PAPAW. 



(/) Leaves about 4 inches long, veins not 

 straight and prominent, evergreen, thick, 

 smooth, dark green, irregularly toothed, 

 sharply pointed ; flowers large, white ; fruit 

 a woody capsule ; small tree of eastern 

 swamps with a straight trunk, not forking 



and narrow, conical. top. (p. 42.) LOBLOLLY BAY, 



(g) Leaves generally less than 3 inches long (with 

 exceptions under ## 1 and 2), and scattered 

 along the twig as are the buds. 



(1) LEAVES NOT TOOTHED ON THE MARGIN, 2 TO 5 INCHES LONG. 



Leaves and twigs aromatic ; fruit a deep 

 blue berry on a red stalk. 



Leaves evergreen, thick, dark green, 



hairy beneath, as is the brownish 



twig; eastern swamps, (p. 94.) RED BAY OR SWEET BAY 2 . 



Leaves as in the above, but smooth 

 beneath, as are the twigs ; sandy 



sea coast SMOOTH RED BAY. 



Leaves often 2 or 8-lobed ; bark 



aromatic : fields and fence rows ; 



twigs green SASSAFRAS. 



Leaves and twigs not aromatic ; fruit 

 various. 



Leaves thickish, smooth, evergreen, 

 narrowed at the base; fruit many 

 small capsules ; small trees or shrubs 

 with smooth, thin, brown bark ; 



eastern swamps, (p. 47.) CYRILLA. 



Leaves 2 to 4 inches long ; bark not 

 aromatic ; fruit a small blue berry ; 



common throughout the State, (p. 63.) BLACK GUM. 



Leaves 4 to 6 inches long ; rarely 

 coarsely toothed ; fruit a blue 

 berry J inch long ; deep eastern 



swamps, (p. 65.) TUPELO GrUM. 



Leaves about 2 inches long, thick, 

 evergreen, pointed ; flowers white ; 

 fruit a black one-seeded cherry ; 

 twigs bitter; Smith's Island MOCK ORANGE 3 . 



iCastanea pumila, Linnaeus. 



2Persed borboiiia pubescens (Pursh) nom. nov. : P. pubescens, Sargent, Sylva, vii, p. 7 

 (1895). 

 ^Primus caroliniana, (Miller) Aiton. 



