KEY 



Flowers not in catkins ; calyx present, 

 sometimes petal-Uke. 



(1) Trees or shrubs. 



Flowers uot hypogynous ; plants not climbing . 



Flowers not hypogynous ; climbing plants 



Flowers hypogynous. 

 Style single, not cleft, fruit a key (Fraxinus) 

 Style single, not cleft, fruit a drupe 

 Styles 2 or 2-cleft, fruit 1-celled 

 Styles 2 or 2-cleft, fruit 2-celled 

 Styles 3, each 2-cleft. Ctvary 3-celled 



(2) Herbs. 



Flowers not hypogynous ; ovary 6-celled 

 Flowers not hypogynous ; ovary 1-celled ; flowers 

 in umbel-like clusters ... . . 



Flowers hypogynous. 

 (a) Ovary 1-celled. 



Stamens many 



Stamens few. 

 Stipules sheathing the joints 

 Stipules wanting. 



Bather fleshy herbs 



Not fleshy. 

 Ovules on a free central placenta ; deli- 

 cate, soft-leaved herbs. {Stellaria) . 

 Ovule single, coarse herbs . 

 (6) Ovary several-celled. 



Small prostrate herb ; leavesspatulate,whorled 

 Stipules present, not sheathing. 

 Style single 



Styles 2 



Flowers hypogynous, ovary 3-celled 

 Flowers hypogynous, ovary 5-10-celled; fruit a 

 berry 



Familv 



74. Dogwood . 175 



24. Dutchman's Pipe 68 



24. Dutchman's Pipe 68 

 22. Sandalwood . 67 



