GUIDE II. 



LEAVES. 



A, Leaves simple.* 



I. Alternate. 



(a) Edge entire. Go to i. 

 (a) " toothed. Go to 2. 

 (a) " lobed. 



(6) Lobes entire. Go to 3. 



(b) " toothed. Go to 4. 



II. Opposite. 



(a) Edge entire. Go to 5. 

 (a) " toothed. Go to 6. 

 (a) " lobed. 



(t>] Lobes entire. Go to 7. 



(b) " toothed. Go to 8. 



III. Indeterminate (because of smallness or closeness), Go to 9. 



B. Leaves compound. 



I. Feather-shaped. 

 (a) Alternate. 



() Edge of leaflets entire. Go to 10. 

 () " " toothed. Go to n. 



(a) Opposite. 



(b} Edge of leaflets entire. Go to 12. 

 (b) " " toothed. Go to 13. 



II. Hand-shaped. Go to 14. 



* The leaflets of a compound leaf can be distinguished from a simple leaf by the 

 absence of leaf- buds from the base of their stems. 



