234 EXAMINATION PAPERS. 



14. " As to the Apex or Point leaves are Pointed, Acute, Obtuse, 

 Truncate, Ketuse, Emargiuate, Obcordate, Cuspidate, Mucronate." 

 Sketch these different forms. 



15. " There is no separate set of vessels, and no open tubes for the 

 sap to rise through in an unbroken stream, in the way people 

 generally suppose." Comment on this passage. 



16. The great series of Flowering Plants is divided into two 

 classes. Describe these classes. 



17. Give the cniet characteristics of the order Cruciferce (Cress 

 Family), and name some common examples of this order. 



18. State the difference between definite and indefinite inflores- 

 cence, and give examples of the latter. 



19. Of wnat does the food of plants consist? In what form is it 

 found in the soil ? How is it introduced into the plant ? What 

 inference may be drawn respecting the culture of the plant ? 



20. Distinguish weak climbing stems according to the mode in 

 which they support themselves, the direction of their growth, and 

 the nature of their clasping organs. 



21. Name the three classes of Flowerless Plants, and give an 

 example of each. 



22. Explain the terms Spor% Capsule, Bract, Stipule, Albumen, 

 and Epiphyte. 



23. "What are tendrils, and of what organs are they supposed to 

 be modifications ? 



24. Give the characters of the Cress Family, and name as many 

 plants belonging to it as you can. 



25. Tell what you know about the minute structure and the 

 chemical composition of vegetable tissue. 



26. Describe the origin of the different kinds of placentas ; and 

 of the different parts of the fruit of the plum, the oak, and the ruaple. 



27. Describe fully the process by which it is supposed that water 

 is carried up from the roots of plants. 



28. Give the meaning of the terms stomate, indehiscent, thyrse, 

 glume, pyxis. Distinguish epiphytes from parasites. 



29. Describe any plant you have examined; if you can, tabulate 

 your description. 



30. Name all the families of monopetalous dicotyledons which you 

 remember, and give the characters of any one of them. 



31. Describe the following: primordial cell (utricle), protoplasm, 

 cyclosis, mode of plant growth. 



32. Describe the process of reproduction in a phanerogamic plant. 



33. How are the pulse family order Leguminosse distinguished? 

 Show the utility of the plants of this order. 



34. "What is ^Estivation ? Describe the different kinds, and men- 

 tion a natural order of which each is characteristic. 



35. Describe the course of the sap through the root and trunk of 

 AU exogenous tree. 



