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C. Leaves even sided — Continued. 



(5) Leaves oval — Continued. 



{b) Fruit, a berry — Continued. 



(jy) Leaves small- or medium-sized, feather- veined; 

 containing green juice; fruit (cherry or plum) 

 with one hard-shelled, flattened or spherical seed. 

 {i) Seed ("stone") flattened. Fruit large 

 and short-stemmed .... (Prunus) Plum. 

 (//') Seed spherical. Fruit small and long- 

 stemmed (Prunus) Cherry. 



///. Leaves simple, alternate, regularly or irregularly lobed, edge neither toothed 



nor notched 



A. Leaves with deep lobes. 



(1) Leaves with blunt ends (appearing as if cut ofi^), and with two 



pointed, side lobes. Flowers tuliplike. Fruit conelike, pointed, 

 upright, composed of long, thin, overlapping, winged seeds. 

 Bruised twigs have a peppery odor. 



(Liriodendron) Yellow poplar (tuliptree). 



(2) Leaves with rounded ends; oval, often with a lobe on one side, 



making the leaf mitten-shaped, or sometimes with a lobe on each 

 side. Bruised twigs and inner bark of trunk sweet-smelling. 



(Sassafras) Sassafras. 



B. Leaves without lobes. 



(1) Bruised twigs with peppery odor. 



{a) Leaves oval (evergreen in one species) or elongated, pointed, 

 large. Flowers large, at ends of branches. Fruit cone- 

 like, with a bright red seed in each division. 



(Magnolia) Magnolia. 



(2) Bruised twigs without peppery odor. 



{a) Leaves broader at top than at the base, 8 to 12 inches 

 long, with very short leafstalk. Fruit fleshy, edible, 

 elongated, 3 to 4 inches long, with thick, yellowish, 

 smooth skin when ripe, and large, bony, flat seeds. 



Buds brown and hairy (Asimina) Papaw. 



{h) Leaves broadest at middle, oval, 3 to 10 inches long. 



{x) Fruit short-stalked, spherical, 1 to 1}^ inches in 

 diameter; when ripe pale orange color, sur- 

 rounded at base with old flower-cup; very bitter, 

 but edible after frost ... (Diospyros) Persimmon, 

 (jy) Fruit long-stalked, elongated or spherical, solitary 

 or in pairs, with thin flesh and a ridged stone 

 or seed. . . . (Nyssa) Tupelo (known also as gum), 

 (c) Leaves rounded or heart-shaped, 3 to 5 inches across. 

 Flowers pealike, pink, appearing before the leaves. 

 Fruit, a dry flat pod, 2)^ to 3/^ inches long; in dense 

 clusters on sides of branches; seeds, hard, small, oblong, 

 ){ inch long (Cercis) Redbud. 



(3) Bruised or cut twigs and leaves with milky juice. 



{a) Leaves with narrow points. Twigs bearing thorns. Fruit 

 large, orangelike, with smooth, uneven surface, 4 to 6 

 inches in diameter (Toxylon) Osageorange. 



