General Key to Families xxxv 



Flowers in axillary clusters or racemes ; 



petals 5 ; stamens numerous. 

 Fruit a berry. Drupaceae. 



Fruit a pome. Pomacese. 



ft Leaves pinnate ; flowers yellow. Rosaceae. 

 (6) Petals united. 



Flowers small, short-campanulate in 

 axillary or terminal heads. 



Caprifoliaceae. 



Flowers large, funnelform, in terminal 

 or axillary clusters (Azaleastrwri) 



Ericaceae. 



Flowers bell or urn-shaped, few, axillary. 



Vacciniaceae. 

 ****Stems creeping or twining, smooth or 



hairy. 



Flowers with distinct petals, blue or 

 purple. (Atragene). Rammculaceae. 

 Flowers with united petals. 



Corolla tubular. Caprifoliaceae. 



Corolla bell-shaped. Ericaceae. 



Leaves evergreen; shrubs or vines. 



Leaves pinnate ; flowers yellow. Berberidaceae. 

 Leaves simple. 



Flowers inconspicuous; fruit a black berry. 



Empetraceae. 



Flowers showy, open, campanulate or urn> 

 shaped, white or pink. Ericaceae. 



HERBACEOUS PLANTS 



Plants without leaves. 



Parasitic on branches or stems of evergreens. 



Loranthaceae. 



Not parasitic on trees ; roots coral-like. (Corallorhiza) 



Orchidaceae. 



