78 Forest Club Annual 



ci. One prominent bundle-scar transversely elon- 

 gated. 



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

 ly ovate, obtuse apex, four to six greenish red 

 scales visible 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. 



Sassafras sassafras (Linn.) Karst. 

 J2. 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. 



Diospyros virginiana Linn. 

 es. Bundle-scars three. 



//. No terminal bud, tip-scar distinct, buds two 

 superposed the larger one scarcely one-six- 

 teenth inch long, appressed, nearly hemispher- 

 ical, scales two rarely three visible, dark 

 brown, smaller bud nearly hidden between 

 upper one and the rounded triangular leaf- 

 scar, twig brown speckled with gray, glabrous. 

 Cercis canadensis Linn. 

 fs. Terminal bud one-eighth to one-fourth inch, 



more than four scales visible. 

 gi. Pith solid with woody transverse plates 

 about one-eighth inch apart visible with 

 hand-lens, terminal bud one-fourth inch long 

 obtuse, scales six or seven visible, dark red- 

 dish slightly pubescent, leaf-scar lunate, 

 twig glabrous or nearly so, light brown be- 

 coming darker the second year. 



Nyssa sylvatica Marsh. 

 g2. Pith homogeneous. 



hi. Leaf-scars broadly lunate or semi-orbi- 

 cular, terminal bud acute about one-fourth 

 inch long, scales polished, ciliate margin, 

 bundle-scars large annular, pith large in 

 twigs, branchlets often winged after 

 second year. 



Liquidambar styraciflua Linn. 



