nearly so
=SCROPHULARIACEAE=, p. 101.

115a. Flowers sessile or nearly so, in spikes --116.

115b. Flowers in nodding pairs at the top of a slender stalk
3a, in =CAPRIFOLIACEAE=, p. 109.

115c. Flowers solitary or in clusters; not in spikes or nodding pairs
--117.

116a. Corolla not over 1 cm. long =VERBENACEAE=, p. 99.

116b. Corolla 1.5 cm. long or more =SCROPHULARIACEAE=, p. 101.

117a. Calyx-lobes 15-25 mm. long; flowers blue, 3-5 cm. long; calyx
without an obvious tube 2, in =ACANTHACEAE=, p. 107.

117b. Calyx-lobes united below into an obvious calyx-tube
=SCROPHULARIACEAE=, p. 101.

--118--

118a. Leaves deeply lobed, compound, or dissected --119.

118b. Leaves simple and not deeply lobed --129.

119a. Leaves once-pinnately compound or lobed --120.

119b. Leaves once-palmately compound or lobed --124.

119c. Leaves dissected or 2-3 times compound --125.

120a. Leaves merely lobed --121.

120b. Leaves actually compound --123.

121a. Flowers axillary; marsh or swamp plants =HALORAGIDACEAE=, p. 79.

121b. Flowers in terminal clusters --122.

122a. Stamens 2-6; taste mustard-like 52b, in =CRUCIFERAE=, p. 46.

122b. Stamens 10 or more =RESEDACEAE=, p. 48.

123a. Leaflets entire =LIMNANTHACEAE=, p. 68.

123b. Leaflets serrate 70a, in =ROSACEAE=, p. 57.

124a. Flowers solitary 31a, in =RANUNCULACEAE=, p. 38.

124b. Flowers in dense terminal umbels or heads
=UMBELLIFERAE=, p. 80.

124c. Flowers in terminal racemes 2a, in =COMPOSITAE=, p. 114.

124d. Flowers in axillary spikes or panicles
9b, in =URTICACEAE=, p. 24.

125a. Leaves merely dissected, not truly compound with distinct leaflets
--126.

125b. Leaves truly compound, with distinct petiolate leaflets --127.

126a. Flowers in axillary clusters =CHENOPODIACEAE=, p. 28.

126b. Flowers in terminal clusters =COMPOSITAE=, p. 113.

127a. Stamens 5; flowers in umbels --128.

127b. Stamens 6; flowers in small clusters
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