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b, Leaves orbicular, 3 to 7 lobed ; flowers small, greenish ; 

 fruit a many-seeded berry, prickly or smooth, pleasant. 

 One or two species have smooth stems. Gooseberries. . 224 

 c. Flowers small, yellowish green ; parts in fours ; fruit a 



berry, nauseous. Buckthorns 62 



d. Leaves large, 5 -lobed ; young stems densely covered with 

 reddish glandular hairs ; flowers rose-like, pink ; fruit a 



pink raspberry. Purple-flowering Raspberry 137 



e. Ornamental shrub, extensively cultivated. Flowers large, 

 scarlet, crimson, or white, appearing before or with the 



leaves ; fruit a pome. Japan Quince 200 



2. Stems smooth. 



a. Leaves orbicular, 3 to 5 lobed ; fruit a berry, pleasant. 



Currants 231 



b. Flowers large, white or purplish, solitary. 



b\. Appearing before the leaves. Magnolia 6 



&2. Blooming in midsummer. Stuartia 31 



^3. Blooming in autumn. Gordonia 34 



c. Flowers of hollyhock type, solitary or clustered, white, 

 red, crimson, or scarlet ; frequently double. Often a 

 small tree. Blooms in late summer and autumn. 



Althea 36 



d. Leaves silvery ; flowers yellowish, often fragrant. Ole- 

 aster Family 427 



e. Flowers white, sometimes pink, of the rose type, borne 



in umbels or corymbs or racemes. 

 ei. Pistil solitary ; fruit a drupe. 



Flowers appearing before the leaves ; usually in 



umbels. Plums. Cherries 107-111 



Flowers appearing after the leaves, borne in ra- 

 cemes ; fruit of marked astringent quality. Choke 



Cherry 112 



Ornamental shrub ; flowers double white or pink, 

 appearing before the leaves. Flowering Almond. . 114 

 e2. Styles 2 to 5, more or less united; fruit a berry-like 

 pome. 

 Flowers white or purplish tinged; appearing after 



the leaves ; fruit rather dry. Chokeberries 187 



Flowers appearing before or with the leaves ; fruit 



delicious. Juneberries 192 



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