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SHRUBS. 



14. Leaves with translucent glands. Skimmia, 

 Leaves not pellucid-dotted. 15. 



15. Leaves with submarginal nerves below. Pieris. 

 Leaves not at all 3-nerved. 16. 



16. Leaves nearly flat. 17. 

 Leaves revolute. 



Scurfy below. Lyonia. 



Not scurfy. Kalmia. 



17. Bark thin. 18. 



Bark rather fleshy : flowers not in racemes. Daphne. 



18. Leaves thick. 19. 



Leaves thin, very veiny. Cyrilla. 



19. Flowers and dry fruit in racemes. 20. 



Flowers and red or yellow fleshy fruit axillary. Ilex. 



20. Leaves very veiny, black-dotted beneath. Pieris. 

 Leaves not veiny or dotted. Cliftonia. 



21. Leaves not closely serrate. Ilex. 

 Leaves closely serrate. 22. 



22. Leaves appressed-hairy : flowers in racemes. Leucothoe. 

 Leaves glabrous. 23. 



23. Bristly-glandular: flowers small. Gaultheria. 

 Not bristly : flowers large. Gardenia. 



Leaves opposite. 



.24. Leaves small and very narrow. Calluna. 



Leaves relatively large or broad. 25. 



25. Leaves entire. 26. 

 Leaves toothed, firm. 29. 



26. Leaves thin, somewhat dotted beneath. Ligustrum. 

 Leaves firm. 27. 



27. Leaves small, green : twigs 4-ridged. Buxus. 

 Leaves larger, or else white beneath. 28. 



28. Leaves revolute. Kalmia. 

 Leaves inrolled at base. Gardenia. 



29. Leaves not pungent. 30. 



Leaves pungently toothed, as in holly. Osmanthus. 



