44 KEYS TO THE GENERA 



A. Evergreens with large, 1 inch or more, yellowish flowers. 

 Magn61ia fusc^ta (p. 61). 



A. Flowers apparently consisting only of long stamens in clusters. 

 Acacia (p. 132). 



* Flowers red, bright pink, purplish or lilac to blue. (B.) 



B. Leaves evergreen (thick smooth leaves indicate evergreen char- 

 acter). (C.) 



C. Flowers large, bell-shaped, somewhat irregular, in clusters in 



summer. Rhododendron (p. 260). 

 C. Flowers large cup-shaped with 10 stamens in dents of corolla. 



Kalmia (p. 256). 

 C. Flowers small ovate or urn-shaped with 5-lobed border. An-" 



dromeda (p. 249). Arbutus (p. 249). Vacclnium (p. 244). 



C. Flowers with a, tubular portion, 4-lobed spreading border and 

 8 included stamens. Da,phne (p. 298). 



B. Leaves thinner and deciduous. (D.) 



D. Spiny plants with purplish flowers. Lycium (p. 284). 

 D. No spines. (E). 



E. Flowers purplish brown, 1 inch wide, in early spring; fruit 



fleshy, 2-5 inches long. Aslmina (p. 64). 

 E. Flowers funnel- or bell-shaped and somewhat irregular. 



Azalea (p. 257). Leucophyllum (p. 285). 

 E. Flowers pea-shaped, purplish red, in early spring. C^rcis 



(p. 127). 

 E. Flowers solitary, large with 6, 9, or 12 separate thick petals.' 



Magn61ia (p. 58). 

 E. Flowers small ovate with a 5-lobed border, in clusters. Vac- 

 ofniuin (p. 244). 



■ 4-lobed border. Ddphne 



(p. 298). 

 5-lobed broadly spreading 

 border. Plumbago (p. 

 268). 



* Flowers white, creamy, or pinkish to greenish. (F.) 

 P. Flowers large, |-8 inches wide. (G.) 



G. Petals united at their bases and completely grown together. 

 (H.) 

 H. Funnel-shaped and slightly irregular. Azklea (p. 257). 

 H. Bell-shaped, somewhat irregular ; leaves evergreen. Rho- 

 dodendron (p. 260). 

 H. Cup-shaped with 10 stamens in dents of corolla. Kalmia 



(p. 256). 

 H. Bell-shaped, regular with 4 lobes. Stjrax (p. 270). 



E. Flowers with a long tube and a 



