A Bibd and Twig Key 



e2. Outer scales remain until spring, terminal bud 

 three-fourths to one inch long, leaf-scar three- 

 lobed, twigs orange yellow stout, outer scales 

 eleven or twelve, leaf-stocks of previous year 

 often persist. H. laciniosa (Michx.) Sargent. 



d2. Bud-scales glabrous or slightly pubescent, bundle- 

 scars one or three, pith round. 



ei. One prominent bundle-scar transversely elon- 

 gated. 



//. Terminal bud one-fourth inch or longer, broad- 

 ly ovate, obtuse apex, four to six greenish red 

 scales visible each with rounded apex, glabrous, 

 leaf-scar semi-orbicular or broadly crescent- 

 shaped, twig 'bright green lustrous brittle, 

 spicy aromatic taste, pith mucilaginous one- 

 half diameter of twig. Plate VIII. 



Sassafras sassafras (Linn.) Karst. 



Sassafras sauafras 



Diospyros viratman* 



PLATE VIII. 

 L Leaf-scar magnified. 



f2. No terminal bud, tip-scar distinct, buds one- 

 eighth inch long broadly ovate flattened against 

 twig, acuminate apex, scales two dark brown 

 lustrous, leaf -scars semi- orbicular, twigs slen- 

 der light brown or gray becoming darker in 

 second year. Plate VIII. 



Diospyros virginiana Linn. 



