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FAGACEAE— MYRICACEAE— ARALIACEAE 



Fagaceae — Beech Family 

 Trees or shrubs with simple often deeply lobed or cleft leaves ; flowers monoecious, the stam- 

 inate in catkins: staminate flower, sepals 4-7, petals 0. stamens 4-20: pistillate flower, sepals dis- 

 appearing, petals 0, ovary 3-celled; flower syncarpous, epigynous, regular. 



Quercus — Oak 



(L. quercus, oak tree) 

 PI. 12, fig. F : 1, 2 



1. Leaves lobed; lobes acute, bristle-pointed (Black Oaks) 



a. Leaves dull green ; lobes cut about half way to the midrib ; acorn 



cup shallow 



b. Leaves glossy; the lobes cut about three-fourths to the midrib; 



acorn cup about one-half as long as acorn 



(1) Scales of cup loose, pubescent 



(2) Scales of cup appressed, smooth 



(a) Acorn elongated; autumn foliage brown 



(b) Acorn nearly round; autumn foliage scarlet 



2. Leaves with rounded lobes or crenate or toothed ; lobes not bristle- 



tipped (White Oaks) 



a. Leaves deeply round lobed 



(1) Leaves dull, smooth; acorn cup not fringed 



(2) Leaves glossy above, hairy below ; acorn cup fringed 



b. Leaves crenate or dentate, not deeply lobed 



(1) Tree; leaves broadly rhombic: acorn long-peduncled 



(2) Shrub or small tree; leaves more than twice as long as broad; 



acorn short-peduncled O. prinoides 



Myricaceae — Bayberry Family 

 Shrubs or trees with alternate aromatic simple leaves; flowers in catkins, monoecious or dioe- 

 cious ; staminate flower, sepals 0. petals 0, stamens 2-16 ; pistillate flower, with 2-8 bracts, sepals 0, 

 petals 0. ovarv 1-celled, stigmas 2; flower syncarpous, naked. 



I. Leaves entire or slightly serrate 



II. Leaves deeply cut 



Myrica — Sweet Gale 



(Gr. myrike, tamarisk) 

 Fragrant swamp shrub, resembling a small willow 



ComptcSnia — Comptonia 



(Named for Bishop Compton) 

 Fragrant shrub with thick, linear, deeply cut leaves 



Apiales Carrot Order 



Q. rubra 



O. velutina 



Q. ellipsoiddlis 

 Q. coccinea 



Q. alba 



Q. macrocarpa 



Q. bicolor 



Myrica 

 Comptonia 



M. gale 



C. pcrcgrina 



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Plate 13: A, Aralia nudicaulis, 1, flowers. 2. fruits: B. Sanicula marylandica, 1. young 

 flowers, 2, nearly mature fruits ; C, Zizia aurea, 1. flowers, 2. fruits ; D, Osmorhiza 

 claytoni, 1, fruits, 2, flowers; E, Cornus stolonifera, 1, flowers, 2, fruit: F, Cornus can- 

 adensis. 1. single flower. 2, flower cluster. 3. fruit cluster. 



Araliaceae — Ginseng Family 

 Herbs with compound leaves; sepals 5, often tiny, petals 5, stamens 5, ovary 2-5-celled: flower 

 syncarpous. apopetalous. epigynous, regular. 



1. Leaves in whorls; styles 2-3 Panax 



2. Leaves alternate; styles 5 Aralia 



