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EE. All leaves crenate to serrulate. 



F. Branchlets and petioles with strigose brown 

 hairs: leaves serrulate, acute: flower-buds 

 during the winter in naked terminal pani- 

 cles: fruit a capsule Pieris floribunda, 370 



FF. Branchlets and petioles glabrous or puberu- 



lous. 



G. Leaf acute or acutish, lJ^-2 inches long: 



fruit a black berry: flowers solitary or in 



small cymes. 



H. Leaves with few shallow teeth near apex, 



the midrib elevated above; petiole 



about l-^l inch long Ilex glabra, 365 



HH. Leaves crenate-serrulate, the midrib 

 slightly impressed above; petiole about 



J/g inch long Ilex crenata, 364 



GG. Leaf acuminate, serrulate, 1H~7 inches 



long: fruit a capsule: flowers in racemes. 



H. Flower-buds during the winter in naked 



terminal panicles: leaves narrow- 



cuneate at base, 1/^-2}^ inches long: 



upright shrub Pieris japonica, 370 



HH. Flower-buds during the winter in naked 



axillary racemes: leaves rounded or 



broadly cuneate at base: shrubs with 



spreading arching branches. 



I. Leaves short-acuminate, 2-4 inches 



long Leucoihoe axillaris, 369 



II. Leaves long-acuminate, 4-7 inches 



long Leucothoe Catesboei, 369 



DD. Margin of leaves entire. 



E. Terminal winter-buds small or wanting, con- 

 sisting of few sub-equal scales: leaves gla- 

 brous even when young. 

 F. All leaves rounded or sometimes broadly cune- 

 ate at base: flowers axillary, small: fruit a 



red berry Ilex peduncidosa, 364 



FF. All leaves cuneate at base, crowded toward 

 the end of the branchlets: flowers in termi- 

 nal panicles, naked during the winter: fruit 



a capsule Kalmia laiifolia, 368 



EE. Terminal winter-buds large, acute, with many 

 imbricate scales: flowers large, in terminal 

 clusters, inclosed in the bud during the winter: 

 leaves rarely glabrous. 

 F. Under surface of leaves scaly-punctate. 



G. Leaf elliptic to elliptic-lanceolate, acute at 

 the ends, rarely acuminate: corolla-tube 



longer than lobes Rhododendron minus, 36Q 



GO. Leaf elliptic to narrow-elliptic, broadly 



cuneate at base, abruptly acuminate: [num, 366 



corolla-tube shorter than lobes Rhododendron carolinia- 



