, 



347 



i in .'JItcfc'. 



(Jin Sctfr ill Its *cincn 

 Gin folcbcr ?luftra;j fcbrcrft mid; 



llidit. 



(Jin-.-ii (Vldicii Sturm Kits id) nod; 



nutt crlol-t'. 

 Scld>' tin Aaiftc fcnntc fid; fo 



te'iiii'itbivjcn ! 

 Sold;' fdjcncS SBttter fommt fclten. 



What a giant ! 



Every one is worthy of his own. 



Such a commission alarms mo 



not. 

 Such a storm I have not yet 



experienced. 

 Such an emperor could thus 



humble himself. 

 Such beautiful weather comes 



seldom, 

 (fr fprad; fo Ictft, tajj id; ifm nid;t Ho spoke so softly, that I could 



wfk'ftcn fonntc. 

 9iand;cr Ivaum tcr 

 tct mit ten 3<u)ren. 



not understand him. 

 fcbnjin. Many a dream of youth disap- 

 pears with tho years. 



9Ji\ind; fd;onc SBud; fiabc id; fd;on Many a beautiful book have I 



gelt 'fen. 



.-.ill ctuujen SDJinu'tcn Ief;rtc 



juriicf'. 

 er Slefliant' ifl ctmaJ flilrfcr, 



Tcr un'crfabrcnc &niftiunn faun 

 lcid;t all fcin i'cniu'\jcn vtrlicrcn. 



gan$e 3af>r franf. 

 flatten ficl't man allc 



3n 



?aat ctmaj 



already read. 



After some minutes he re- 

 turned. 



The elephant is somewhat 

 stronger than the rhinoceros. 



Tho inexperienced merchant 

 may easily lose all his for- 

 tune. 



Ho was sick all tho year. 



In large cities ono sees some- 

 thing new every day. 



EXERCISE 76. 



1. 2Ba fur SBcttcr i(t tS ^cutc? 2. (58 if! ficutc fcbone* ffltttcr, abcr 

 rtiua* falter, aU fltfltvn. 3. SWa-3 fiir cine aJJcinuiuj tjcjt cr wn ticfcr 

 cad^c ? -1. Seine 2Hcinuno. taruttr ijl nicbt tic bcfle (Sect. XXXV. 3). 

 . UJJcine l^ofdlfdiaft ii't thin tie amjenedmfte von tcr 2Belt. G. S8a8 fuc 

 ,ifd'c uin it XXXV. 3.) 7. (5* fint ccfifd;e. 8. Kit a 



.'Irkitcn bcfcbiftigt cr fid; ? 9. &r 6cfd;illftt3t fid; t6cil mit 2d>rciben, 

 \i'\(-i mit Vefen. 10. JEcld; cine 3JJad;t hat tic fflhifif iibcr ta Ocmftt| 

 "icit|"d;cn ! 11. aBclcb cin Softer d'cnufi i|l c, tie 2Bdt ju feftett : 

 12. '"I'cld) cincn bevrlid;en '.'Inblicf genjafirt ta8 Sirmamcnt mit fciiicn \m> 

 }al>!i,>-:i Stcrncu! 13. 3ctcr Stern am immcl tilttt cine eigtne SBclt. 

 1 1. Tor u'.jl-rc Iiujcntbafte vcnventct jc;cn 7aj feineS ?c6en8 tarauf, fcine 

 AcMcr immcr mdir abjulegtn. 15. -*;>>it .nid;t jctcr 3fcrcr grtunte cincn 

 foldien^ut? 1C. 3lcin, fin Seter 6at einen antcrn. IT '.\inncr 



fint nctfnv\'nti>], urn tai 'i'.Ucrlanb 511 rcttcn. 18. -^atcn lie jcnen 

 '^lintcn gcfcl'cn, tcr cine Scin^cit rc (^cfuMcJ befi^t, tie erjlaunen*- 

 njiirt'sj ift ? 19. 3a, id; Bate ifm gcfefcn. 20. Tcr Wcbcr tine-j 

 v w cfd;cnft* ifl ju loben. 21. Tic ," 1 f,i':i'crten emcr foUtcn JlJcife flAMen 

 ton Server. 22. Scld;c -CMntlunjcii hjerttn tic 3?cn?unrcruna. tcr 

 >ueit berocrrufen. 23. So anjencbme otuirttn ^ate icb lange nicht achabt 



LESSONS IN BOTANY. XI. 



SECTION XXL-ON THE NATURAL ORDERS OF FLOW. 



PLANTS. 



IN these papers we shall not enter on the consideration of crrp- 

 togamic plants until wo have noted the peculiarities that distin- 

 guish the different natural orders of flowering plants. Those 

 which possess flowers are far more likely to arouse the young 

 botanist's attention ; they are more useful, and are those mem- 

 bers of the vegetable world which botanists know most about. 



Wo shall select the Crow-Foot fcrfbo, termed by botanists 

 Ranunculacece, as the one fint to be considered. Let ns see, 

 then, in how few words a botanist defines the characters of 

 lianunculaceso : 



KAXTTNCTrLACEJt 



Characteristics. Calyi polyscpalons ; petals hypogynons, in 

 form various, sometimes absent ; stamens ordinarily numerous ; 

 anthers usually adnate ; carpels ono or numerous, never com- 

 bined ; ovulo reflexod ; embryo dicotyledonous, email, at the base 

 of a homy albumen ; fruit apocarpous. 



A very pretty collection of hard names, is it not ? and suffi- 

 ciently unintelligible. Nevertheless,, the reader, we sxe sure, 

 will admit that if the characters of the Ranunculus, or Crow- 

 Foot tribe, admit of description in so few words, it is worth 

 while to learn the meaning of these words. Well, then, lot ns 

 set about it; let us analyse the definition clause by clause. 

 First then : calyx polysepalous ; what is the meaning of that ? 

 Tho reader, by this time, knows the meaning of calyx ; it i* the 

 outside greenish-yellow whorl of which the buttercup fl >wor in 

 composed, and being made up of several parts (epob, and the 

 Greek word, roAuj [pol-twe], signifying many), the calyx ia deno- 

 minated pohjsepalous, a somewhat important characteristic thus 

 easily conveyed in ono word. Now for the second clause, 

 petals hypo<ji/noiis. As for the word j^etal, the reader knows its 

 moaning already ; but hypogynons, what is tho moaning of that 

 term ? Complex words, liko complex plants and complex ani- 

 mal*, require dissection. Hypvgytious being dissect 

 and 'jijuoits, wo shall soon arrive at its meaning. In tho first 

 place, hyj>o is an Anglicised form of tho Greek word vwo 

 (hn'-po), under; and gynous is evidently a derivation from another 

 Greek word ywrrj (gu'-ne), signifying Iranian. When, therefore, 

 it is said that tho petals are hyi*.yynout, the sense meant to be 

 1 is, that thoy spring from underneath the carpels or 

 female parts of tho flower. A very slight examination of a dis- 

 sected buttercup will show that the arrange ui SISM 



