VITACEAE— ELAEAGN ACE AE— STAPH YLEACEAE 



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Vitaceae — Grape Family 

 Woody vines with alternate leaves; sepals 4-5, often minut< ften disap] • the 



opens, stamens 4 5, ovary 2-6-celled; Rower syncarpous, apopetalous, hypogynous or • 

 nous, regular. 



Vitis ( irape 



I I. vitis, Krapev ll 



1. lower leaf surface velvety; berries large; cultivated V.labrusca 



-'. I owei leaf surface smooth; berries small; native V.vulpina 



Thymeleaceae — Leathcrwood Family 

 Shrubs with simple leaves; sepals 4 5. petal- D, stamens X-10. pistil 1, simple; flower ap 

 ious, regular, the sepals more or less fuse.l into a bell-shaped calyx, 



I )irca I .eatherwood 



Shnil) with entire ovate nd minute bell-shaped flower D.palustris 



Elaeagnaceae — Oleaster Family 



Shrubs with silvery leaves; sepals 4. petals 0, stamens 4 S. pistil 1. simple; flower apetalous, 



apparent!) epigynous, regular, often dioecious. 



I. Stamens 4, (lowers often perfect Elaeagnus 



II. Stamens 8, flowers dioecio Shcphcrdia 



Elaeagnus — Silverberry 



(Gr. elaiagnos, a marsh shrub) 

 Shrul) with fragrant silvery (lowers ami silvery fruit E.argcntea 



Shepherdia — Buffalo Berry 



i Named for John Shepherd, an Knprlish botanist) 

 Shrul) with silvery leaves and scarlet fruit 6". argentea 



Santalaceae — Sandalwood Family 

 Herbs with alternate simple lea\<s; sepals 3-6, petals 0, stamens 3-6, ovary 1 -celled; flower 

 syncarpous. apetalous. partly epigynous, regular. 



1 i >mandra— Toadflax 



(Gr, coma, tuft of hairs, aner, man, referring to the anthers i 

 Slender herb with clusters of small white (lowers C. umbelldta 



Loranthaceae — Mistletoe Family 

 Parasitic green or almost colorless herbs or shrubs; sepals 2-6. petals 0, Stamens 2-6, ovary 1- 

 celled ; flowers apetalous, epigynous, regular, monoecious or dioecious, 



Raz< lumofskya— Small Mist let* >e 



(Named for a Russian botanist) 

 Minute, yellowish, leafless herb, parasitic on branches of spruce trees R. pusilla 



Sapindales Maple Order 



Plate 12: A. Acer saccharum : I!. Acer negundo, 1. Staminate flowers. 2. pistillate flower-; 

 (.'. Betula papyri f era, 1. staminate catkin, 2. pistillate catkin; D, I tnericana, 1. 



staminate calkin. 2, pistillate cluster; E. Juglans cinerca. 1. staminate catkin. 2. pistillate 

 cluster; F, Quercus macrocarpa, 1. staminate catkins. 2. pistillate flowers. 



Staphyleaceae — Bladdernut Family 

 Trees or shrubs with opposite pinnate leaves; sepals 5. petals 5. stamens 5. ovary 2-3-ce'led. 

 fruit bladdery; flower syncarpous, apopetalous. perigvnous, regular. 



