FAMILY KEY 17 



OO. Stamens 4-10; pistil only i. 



Q. Flowers solitary, terminal or in the axils, red; stamens 10; leaves 

 lanceolate, petiole and the veins beneath red-hairy. 



Cladothamnus in ERICACEAE (p. 171) 



QQ. Flowers in clusters, white or blue; stamens 4-5; leaves not as above. 



RHAMNACEAE (p. 149) 



NN. Petals more or less united into i piece. 

 R. Ovary and fruit 2-celled; corolla rotate; fruit a red or blue berry. 



Solanum in SOLAN ACE AE (p. 197) 



RR. Ovary and fruit 3-5-celled; corolla campanulate to urn-shaped, 

 or when rotate the fruit dry. ERICACEAE (p. 171) 



MM. Ovary inferior. 



S. Petals distinct; twigs not 4-angled nor conspicuously green; stamens 20. 



MALACEAE (p. 132) 



SS. Petals more or less united into i piece; twigs somewhat 4-angled and 

 dark-green; stamens 10 or fewer. VACCINIACEAE (p. 174) 



GROUP 9 Dicotyledonous herbs with compound leaves 

 either opposite or in whorls 



A. Plants submerged or floating; leaves dissected into capillary or very narrow seg- 

 ments. 



B. Leaves 5-12 in a whorl; leaf segments often with some teeth and thus stag- 

 horn-like. CERATOPHYLLACEAE (p. 95) 

 BB. Leaves alternate or opposite or not over 4 in a whorl; leaf segments without 

 teeth, not stag-horn-like. 



C. Leaf segments all pinnately arranged on the leaf axis; leaves without bladders. 



Myriophyllum in HALORAGIDACEAE (p. 162) 



CC. Leaves repeatedly dichotomous; leaf segments not pinnately arranged on the 

 leaf axis; leaves often with bladders. Utricidaria in PINGUICULACEAE (p. 210) 

 AA. Plants either not growing in water, or else their leaves divided into wider seg- 

 ments or leaflets. 

 D. Petals distinct. 



E. Pistils several, in fruit each with a plumose tail 2.5-5 cm. long; leaflets not 

 terete; plants often somewhat vining. Clematis in RANUNCULACEAE (p. 95) 

 EE. Pistils 1-2, without plumose tail even in fruit. 



F. Leaves sessile, divided into terete fleshy segments from the base, thus ap- 

 pearing to be whorled; carpels 5, united; ovary superior, i -celled; sepals 4-6 

 mm. long. Spergula in CARYOPHYLLACEAE (p. 90) 



FF. Leaves evidently not whorled; leaf segments not terete; carpels 2, loosely 

 connected, each i-celled; ovary inferior; sepals less than 4 mm. long. 



UMBELLACEAE (p. 163) 



FFF. Leaves pinnately compound, not whorled; leaf segments not terete; carpels 

 5, united, each i-celled; ovary superior; sepals 2-8 mm. long. 



Erodium in GERANIACEAE (p. 143) 

 DD. Petals united at least at the base. 

 G. Ovary superior or mainly so. 



H. Leaves whorled. Pedicularis in SCROPHULARIACEAE (p. 198) 



HH. Leaves opposite. 



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