40 Forest Club Annual 



ddd. Leaves with wavy-toothed margins, 5-12 

 cm. long; flowers, bright yellow, appear- 

 ing late in fall; fruit (ripening the next 

 season), a woody, velvety capsule 6-8 mm. 

 long, 2-valved at tip, bursting elastically 

 when ripe, scattering the large, bony 

 seeds (Hamamelis) Witch-hazel 



2. Leaves opposite. 



a. Stems turning or climbing (vines). 



b. Upper leaves united around the stem ; flowers 

 tubular or funnel-shaped; fruit a 2-3 celled 



berry (Lonicera) Honeysuckle 



aa. Stems erect. 



b. Leaves toothed or notched. 



c. Fruit a cluster of small 1-seeded berries; flow- 

 ers small, white or nearly pink 



(Viburnum) Sheep berry 



cc. Fruit a pod, 12-16 mm. broad, deeply 3-4 

 lobed ; flowers dark or greenish purple ; 



twigs 4-angled (Euonymus) Burning bush 



bb. Leaves neither toothed nor notched (margins entire), 

 c. Leaves velvety, silvery, or brownish ; fruit 

 small, fleshy, berry-like, enclosing a little 



nut (Lepargyrea) Buffalo-berry 



cc. Leaves smooth, green. 



d. Flowers white (occasionally rosy) with 4 

 conspicuous petal-like bracts ; fruit a small 

 cluster of 2-seeded berries, turning red in 



autumn (Cornus) Dogwood 



dd. Flowers white, 8-12 mm. long, in dense 

 ball-like heads about 2.5 cm. in diameter; 



fruit dry, 1-2 seeded 



(Cephalanthus) Button bush 



ddd. Flowers small, white or pink, clustered, in 

 axils of leaves, or in interrupted terminal 

 clusters; fruit a white (or red) 4-celled 

 2-seeded berry. (Symphoricarpos) Snowberry 



