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thorny Acacia — 93-4 



n. Plants not shrubs but 

 shrubby at base. 



(1) Pods very flat.. Acacia-— 93-4 



(2) Pods not flat Acuan — 95 



3. Flowers pink to red. 



m. Shrubs. 



(1) Branches prickly Mimosa— 96 



(2) Branches not 



prickly Calllandra — 94 



n. Stems vine-like or 



prostrate Morongia — 95-6 



II. Leaves simple. 

 A. Leaves parallel-veined, 

 a. Flowers white, creamed-colored or 

 pinkish. 



m. Vine armed with spines Smilax — 66 



n. Shrubs (some only shrubby at base) . 

 (x) Leaves with hooked spines on 



margin Dasyllrlon — 66 



(y) Leaves not armed with hooked 



spines 



r. Leaves thick, fleshy, spine-toothed Agave — 67 



s. Leaves not fleshy or spine-toothed. 



(1) Leaves slender, grass-like Nolina — 65-6 



(2) Leaves not slender or grass- 



like Yucca— 64-5 



o. Plants neither vines nor shrubs. 



(x) Leaves thick, fleshy, mottled Manfreda — 67 



(y) Leaves not thick, fleshy or 

 mottled. 



r. Petals and sepals 3 each, alike in 

 color. 



(m) Leaves onion-scented ...Allium— 62 



(n) Leaves not onion-scented. 



(1) Flowers solitary Oooperia — 69 



(2) Flowers clustered Nothoscordlum — 63 



s. Petals and sepals 3 each, unlike. 



(1) Stamens 6, feathered at base Tradescantia — 59 



(2) Stamens more than 6, not 



feathered Echinodorus or Saglttaria — 58 



