ng panicles, tipped with
long, persistent style, one-seeded 57. _Pterostyrax._

=J.= Flowers bell-shaped, 1 in. long; leaves widest below
the middle; fruit winged pods 58. _Halesia._

=J.= Flowers spreading, 2 in. broad; leaves about twice as
long as wide, widest near the center 7. _Stuartia._

=J.= Flowers spreading, 3 in. broad; leaves about 3 times as
long as wide, widest near tip 8. _Gordonia._

=K.= Fruit a plum-like drupe with a single bony stone;
plant sometimes thorny 36. _Prunus._

=K.= Fruit berry-like, ending in a conspicuous spreading
calyx; plant generally quite thorny 38. _Crataegus._

=K.= Fruit berry-like, black when ripe, small, without
calyx, with usually 3 cartilaginous coated seeds
20. _Rhamnus._

=K.= Fruit berry-like, red when ripe, small, without
calyx, with usually 4-6 hard-coated, grooved nutlets
18. _Ilex._

=K.= Fruit a small or large apple-like pome, with the
seeds in horny cells. (=L.=)

=L.= Fruit about 1/2 in. in diameter, sweet, in drooping
racemes 39. _Amelanchier._

=L.= Fruit either sour or much larger, and not in elongated
racemes 37. _Pyrus._

=M.= Leaves harsh to the touch; somewhat oblique at base;
quite distinctly two-ranked; large trees 74. _Ulmus._

=M.= Leaves decidedly oblique at base; margin wavy; small
tree, usually a shrub 40. _Hamamelis._

=M.= Fruit berry-like, ending in a conspicuous spreading
calyx; plant generally quite thorny 38. _Crataegus._

=M.= Leaves not regularly oblique at base; plant not
thorny. (=N.=)

=N.= Leaves thin and light, not harsh to the touch; spray
light; bark smooth, in two species somewhat rough on
the trunk. (=Q.=)

=N.= Leaves thick; edge wavy, almost lobed; fruit an acorn.
88. _Quercus._

=N.= Leaves broad for the length, generally doubly serrate
or wavy and serrate; shrubs, rarely tall enough for
trees. (=P.=)

=N