Character Species A Species B Species C Species D Species E

Habit Tree Herb Tree Shrub Tree

Leaf Shape Oval Elliptic Lanceolate Oval Lanceolate
Leaf Margin Entire Serrate Entire Sinuate Crenate
Ovary Position Superior Inferior Superior Inferior Inferior

1. Ovary position superior, leaf margin entire……………………………………………2

2. Leaf shape oval………………………………………………………………………. Species A
2. Leaf shape not oval, lanceolate………………………………………………. Species C
1. Ovary position not superior, inferior; leaf margin not entire……………………3
3. Habit tree, leaf margin crenate………………………………………………..Species E
3. Habit not a tree, either herb or shrub, leaf margin not
crenate, either serrate or sinuate……………………………………..4
4. Herb, leaf shape elliptic, leaf margin serrate……………….. Species B
4. Non herb, shrub, leaf shape non elliptic, oval,
leaf margin sinuate……………………………………………. Species D

1. Ovary position superior, leaf margin entire………………………………………..……2

1. Ovary position not superior, inferior; leaf margin not entire……………………3
2. Leaf shape oval………………………………………………………………………………………. Species A
2. Leaf shape not oval, lanceolate………………………………………………………………. Species C
3. Habit tree, leaf margin crenate………………………………………………………………..Species E
3. Habit not a tree, either herb or shrub, leaf margin not crenate,
either serrate or sinuate……………………………………………………….…………..4
4. Herb, leaf shape elliptic, leaf margin serrate………………………………………….. Species B
4. Non herb, shrub, leaf shape non elliptic, oval, leaf margin sinuate…………. Species D