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without stipules; flowers regular; sepals 4 or more, par- 

 tially united, or wanting; petals 2-8 distinct or partially 

 united, or wanting; stamens 2-4, adnate to the base of 

 the corolla; ovary 2-celled, superior; ovules 2 in each cav- 

 ity; fruit a capsule, samara, drupe or berry; seeds commonly 

 solitary or 2-4. 



1. Flowers perfect, corolla present, --------2 



1. Flowers imperfect, corolla wanting or inconspicuous, of 2-1 petals, 



distinct or united; fruit a samara; — shrubs or trees; flowers 



polygamous or dioecious, rarely perfect, in clusters or panicles; 



calyx wanting or with 4 unequal lobes; stamens 2, rarely 3-4; 



style 1, stigma 2-cleft. Riverswamps. Spring. - - Fraxinus, Ash 



F. Caroliniana tj) la ry carpal, Water-ash, Pop-ash. Shrub or small tree; leaflets 

 5-9; samaras elliptic to obovate, with the linear body flat and the 2-3 wings 

 pinnately veined. 



2. Stamens more or less exserted; — trees or shrubs with evergreen leaves 



and small, fragrant flowers in axillary racemes or panicles; calyx 

 4-toothed; corolla white, tube short, with a 4-lobed spreading 

 border; stamens 2; fruit a drupe, mostly 1-seeded. - - Olaa, Olive 



O. (Osmanthus) Americana, Wild Olive. Racemes shorter than the leaves; flow- 

 ers polygamous or dioecious; drupe ovoid, deep purple. Light soil near 

 the coast, or planted. Spring. 



O. fragrans, Tea Olive. A shrub with serrate leaves and flowers in axillary 

 corymbs. Cultivated. 



2. Stamens included, __________3 



3. Corolla 4-parted, ____-___-. .4 



3. Corolla 5-8 parted; — climbing or erect shrubs with fragrant white 



or yellow, rarely red flowers; calyx 5-8 lobed; corolla salver- 

 shaped; stamens 2. ovary 2-celled, each cell with one ovule; 

 fruit a double berry, 2-seeded. Cultivated. - Jasminum, Jasmine 



J. Sambac, Arabian Jasmine. Flowers white; leaves opposite or ternate; plant 



mbing. 

 J. officinale poeticum). Flowers white; leaves opposite, odd-pinnate; plant 



.uires support. 

 J. grandiflorum, Spanish Jasmine. Flowers white; leaves opposite, pinnate; 



plant drooping. 

 J. revolutum, Italian Jasmine. Flowers yellow; leaves alternate, odd-pinnate; 



:.t drooping. 

 J. odoratissimum, Madeira Jasmine. Flowers yellow; leaves alternate, odd- 

 pinnate; plant erect, somewhat drooping. 



4. Corolla salverform, tube longer than the lobes; — shrubs with the fra- 



grant flowers in a terminal panicle or thyrse; calyx small; cor- 

 olla lilac or white, style 1, stigma 2-cleft; fruit a capsule. Culti- 

 vated. _________ Syringa, Lilac 



S. vulgaris, with cordate-ovate leaves and flowers in a dense thyrse. 



S. Persica, with lanceolate leaves, often pinnately cleft, and small panicled flow- 



4. Corolla funnelform, tube shorter than the lobes; — shrubs with flowers 

 in terminal panicles; calyx short or truncate; corolla white or 



