serrulate

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Leaves evergreen, oval-oblong to elliptical, 1 to 4 in. long, rather obtuse, sometimes acute, generally rounded at base, serrulate or entire.

From Trees of the Northern United States Their Study, Description and Determination by Apgar, A. C. (Austin Craig)

Shrubs or low trees with alternate, simple, exstipulate, ovate, serrulate leaves, soft downy beneath.

From Trees of the Northern United States Their Study, Description and Determination by Apgar, A. C. (Austin Craig)

Leaves when in pairs semicylindrical, becoming channelled; when more than 2 triangular; their edges in our species serrulate.

From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa

Glabrous, somewhat spinescent, 5–10° high; leaves thin, oblong-ovate or ovate-lanceolate, acuminate at both ends, often serrulate; drupe elongated-oblong, usually pointed.—Wet river banks, S. W.

From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa

Leaves finely serrulate; petals 5 Bilberry, Vaccinium caespitosum. 34a.

From The Plants of Michigan Simple Keys for the Identification of the Native Seed Plants of the State by Gleason, Henry Allan