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Ceanothus
See list of 2 species in this genus-
1a. Leaf blades elliptic to oblong or narrow-oblong, 10–25 mm wide; inflorescence on peduncles terminating the branchlets of the current season; fruits 4–5 mm long; lowest pair of lateral veins of the leaf blade emerging 1–3 mm above the base of the blade, the outer margin of the vein within the lateral edge of the blade
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1b. Leaf blades narrow-ovate to broad-ovate, 20–60 mm wide; inflorescence terminating axillary peduncles; fruits 5–6 mm long; lowest pair of lateral veins of the leaf blade emerging 1–3 mm below the base of the blade, the outer margin of the vein forming the basal lateral edge of the blade [Fig. 823]
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