26 KEY FOE THE DETEBMINATION OF THE 



straight veins ; buds scattered along the twig, 

 as are the leaves. 



(1) Buds oblique to the axis of the twig ; 

 fruit edible, brown nuts enclosed in 



a prickly burr. 



Leaves over 6 inches long, green both 



sides, (p. 109.) Chestnut. 



Leaves about 4 inches long, white- 

 downy beneath Chinquapin 1 . 



(2) End bud long and slender, silky, 



brown ; twigs unpleasant scented ; 



leaves about 10 inches long ; fruit 



when ripe yellow and pulpy, (p. 41.) Papaw. 



(/) Leaves about 4 inches long, veins not 

 straight and prominent, evergreen, thick, 

 smooth, dark green, irregularly toothed, 

 sharply pointed ; flowers large, white ; fruit 

 a woody capsule ; small tree of eastern 

 swamps with a straight trunk, not forking 

 and narrow, conical. top. (p. 42.) Loblolly Bay. 



(g) Leaves generally less than 3 inches long (with 

 exceptions under §? 1 and 2), and scattered 

 along the twig as are the buds. 



(1) LEAVES NOT TOOTHED ON THE MARGIN, 2 TO 5 INCHES LONG. 



Leaves and twigs aromatic ; fruit a deep 

 blue berry on a red stalk. 



Leaves evergreen, thick, dark green, 

 hairy beneath, as is the brownish 



twig; eastern swamps, (p. 94.) Red Bay or Sweet Bay 2 . 



Leaves as in the above, but smooth 

 beneath, as are- the twigs ; sandy 

 sea coast Smooth Red Bay. 



Leaves often 2 or 8-lobed ; bark 



aromatic ; fields and fence rows ; 



twigs green Sassafras. 



Leaves and twigs not aromatic ; fruit 

 various. 



Leaves thickish, smooth, evergreen, 

 narrowed at the base; fruit many 

 small capsules ; small trees or shrubs 

 with smooth, thin, brown bark ; 



eastern swamps, (p. 47.) Cyrilla. 



Leaves 2 to 4 inches long ; bark not 

 aromatic; fruit a small blue berry ; 



common throughout the State, (p. 63.) Black Gum. 



Leaves 4 to 6 inches long ; rarely 

 coarsely toothed ; fruit a blue 

 berry i inch long ; deep eastern 



swamps, (p. 65.) Tupelo Gum. 



Leaves about 2 inches long, thick, 

 evergreen, pointed ; flowers white ; 

 fruit a black one-seeded cherry ; 

 twigs bitter; Smith's Island Mock Orange 1 . 



i Castanea pumila, Llnnseus. ' 



zpersed borbonta piibescens (Pursh) nom. nov. ; P. pubescens, Sargent, Sylva vil u 7 



sprunus caroliniana, (Miller) Alton. 



