KEY, BASED UPON FRUIT. 15 



e 3 . 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. 



<? 2 . Fleshy pericarp. 

 e. Ovoid and 

 f. Clustered on axillary peduncles. 



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



long, blue and 

 Sessile upon the peduncle ; stone longitudinally striated. 



9. NYSSA MULTIFLORA. 

 With short pedicels ; stone not striated. 



113. PERSEA CAROLINENSIS var PALUSTRIS. 



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

 / 2 . Racemed, bluish and with short, fleshy, red pedicels. 



32. SASSAFRAS OFFICINALE. 



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



e*. 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 . Globular, 

 f. Purple or purplish black and 



g. Solitary, of a sweet sugary flavor 12. CELTIS OCCIDENTALIS. 



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



29. PRUNUS SEROTINA. 

 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. PENNSYLVANIA. 



c 2 . Drupe-like but containing more than one seed, and seeds 

 cf. Inclosed in a bony 

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



105. MELIA AZEDARACH. 



<Z 2 . Distinct, (not inclosed in a common stone ) ; fruit 

 . Crowned with persistent 

 /. Calyx-teeth, 



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



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



/ 2 . Style ; drupe small about $ in 107. CYRILLA RACEMIFLORA. 



e 2 . Not crowned with either calyx-teeth or style. 



Dark blue, scaly bracted beneath 25. JUNTPERUS VIRGINIANA. 



Black, more or less 2-3 lobed and 2-3 seeded. 



126. RHAMNUS PURSHIANA. 



