KEY, BASED UPON FRUIT. 15 



Small, subglobose (Rhus), in terminal thyrses and clothed with crimson, 

 acid hairs 5. RHUS TYPHINA. 



* Large, about 2 in. in length, with edible embyro (Juglans). 



Ovoid or oblong and clothed with brownish, fragrant-viscid hairs. 



14. J. CINEREA. 



Globose, roughly dotted (not viscid hairy) 35. J. NIGRA. 



cP. Fleshy pericarp. 



e. Ovoid and clustered on axillary peduncles. 



g. On the growth of the season, clustered 2 or 3 together, about 2i in. 



long, blue and 

 Sessile upon the peduncle ; stone longitudinally striated. 



9. NYSSA MULTIFLORA. 

 With short pedicels ; stone not striated. 



113. PERSEA CAROLINENSIS. 



gr 2 . On growth of the previous season 111. FORESTIERA ACUMINATI. 



f 1 . Racemed, bluish and with short, fleshy, red pedicels. 



32. SASSAFRAS OFFICINALE. 



e 2 . Ovoid-oblong, 1-1 in. long, stone compressed 81. PRUNUS NIGRA. 



C 3 . Oblong, tipped with the remnants of the style and about 1 in. in length. 

 Reddish and stone longitudinally striated with membranous-edged 



ridges 110. NYSSA OGECHE. 



Dark blue, stone not membranous- ridged. 



112. OSMANTHUS AMERICANUS. 



e 4 . Ovate, about 1 in. in length, sessile, scaly bracted beneath (though re- 

 sembling a drupe it is really a naked seed) .120. TORREYA TAXIFOLIA. 

 e 6 . Globular, 

 /. Purple or purplish black and 



gf. Solitary, of a sweet sugary flavor 12. CELTIS OCCIDENT ALIS. 



g n . Racemed (or partially so), of a vinous, slightly astringent flavor. 



29. PRUNUS SEROTENA. 

 g 3 . In umbels, larger, of 



Acid- vinous flavor, - in. in diameter 82. PRUNUS CERASUS. 



Sweet- vinous flavor, f in. in diameter 56. PRUNUS AVIUM. 



/ 2 . Red, small and very sour 55. P. PENNSYLVANICA. 



C*. Drupe-like but containing more than one seed, and seeds 

 d. Inclosed in a bony 

 . 2-3-celled stone 



Blue, subglobose, in flat-cymes with red stems. 



87. CORNUS ALTERNIFOLIA. 



Bright-red, elongated, sessile upon an orange-colored disk. 



88. CORNUS FLORIDA. 

 e 2 . 3-5-celled stone ; yellowish-white, in loose axillary panicles. 



105. MELIA AZEDARACH. 



(P. Distinct, (not inclosed in a common stone ) ; fruit 

 e. Crowned with persistent 

 /. Calyx-teeth, 



Purple-black, 5-seeded, in umbels 8. ARALIA SPINOSA. 



Red or purplish, 4-8 seeded, axillary 52. ILEX OPACA. 



/ 9 . Style ; drupe small about in 107. CYRILLA RACEMIFLORA. 



e 8 . Not crowned with either calyx-teeth or style, bluish black and scaly 

 bracted beneath . .25. JUNIPERUS VIRGINIANA. 



