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The Plants of Michigan: Simple Keys for the Identification of the Native Seed Plants of the State — John Shaqi

The Plants of Michigan: Simple Keys for the Identification of the Native Seed Plants of the StateGleason, Henry A. (Henry Allan)

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The Plants of Michigan: Simple Keys for the Identification of the Native Seed Plants of the State

Name: The Plants of Michigan: Simple Keys for the Identification of the Native Seed Plants of the State
Author: Gleason, Henry A. (Henry Allan)

Gleason, Henry A. (Henry Allan)

Plants -- Michigan

155a. Stamens 2                      40b, in =SCROPHULARIACEAE=, p. 104.

155b. Stamens 5 or 10                            =SAXIFRAGACEAE=, p. 49.

155c. Stamens 6 or 8                              =POLYGALACEAE=, p. 65.

     156a. With sheathing stipules surrounding the stem at the base of
           each leaf                              =POLYGONACEAE=, p. 24.

     156b. Stipules not encircling the stem, or none --157.

157a. Petals 3                                       =CISTACEAE=, p. 74.

157b. Petals 4 --158.

157c. Petals 5 --161.

     158a. Stamens 2 --159.

     158b. Stamens 6                                =CRUCIFERAE=, p. 42.

     158c. Stamens 8 --160.

159a. Corolla perfectly regular; flowers in terminal clusters without
      bracts, becoming racemes; taste peppery
                                            52a, in =CRUCIFERAE=, p. 46.

159b. Corolla slightly irregular; flowers in bracted clusters, or
      axillary; taste not peppery    40b, in =SCROPHULARIACEAE=, p. 104.

     160a. Delicate trailing evergreen, with flowers solitary in the
           axils and nearly or quite hidden beneath the leaves
                                             22b, in =ERICACEAE=, p. 85.

     160b. Erect or nearly so; flowers in terminal clusters
                                            12b, in =ONAGRACEAE=, p. 78.

161a. Leaves sword-shape, finely parallel-veined, with bristly margins
                                           2a, in =UMBELLIFERAE=, p. 80.

161b. Leaves not sword-shape --162.

     162a. Leaves toothed or lobed --163.

     162b. Leaves entire --164.

163a. Stems creeping                       2b, in =UMBELLIFERAE=, p. 80.

163b. Stems erect or nearly so                   =SAXIFRAGACEAE=, p. 49.

     164a. Flowers in open panicles; leaves principally basal
                                                 =SAXIFRAGACEAE=, p. 49.

     164b. Flowers in rounded or flattened clusters; leaves principally
     on the stem                                   =SANTALACEAE=, p. 24.


164c. Flowers in racemes, which become elongated at maturity --165.

165a. Foliage glabrous                      8b, in =PRIMULACEAE=, p. 87.

165b. Foliage pubescent                           =BORAGINACEAE=, p. 93.

                                 --166--

     166a. Juice milky or colored --167.

     166b. Juice watery, not colored --172.

167a. Apparent flowers consisting of a few petal-like bracts, inclosing
      a few inconspicuous flowers without petals. In some of them a
      3-lobed ovary with 3 styles may be seen
                                                 =EUPHORBIACEAE=, p. 66.

167b. Plants of the composite type, with several or many small flowerets
      closely aggregated in dense heads subtended by a calyx-like
      involucre of small bracts             11, in =COMPOSITAE=, p. 115.

167c. Flowers never aggregated in involucred clusters resembling a
      single flower --168.

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