QUESTIONS. 301 



§ 10. Ovary. 



Construction. Is it simple? How compounded? 



How many cells ? Is it free or adherent ? 

 Form. What term or terms define its shape ? 

 Placentation. Is the placenta central, free-central, or parietal? 



§ 11. Ovules. 

 Place. What is their position in the cell ? 

 Construction. Are they anatropous ? — orthotropous? 



§ 12. Fruit. 



Number. How many carpels, whether distinct or united? 



How many cells has the fruit? Same as the ovary? 

 Dehiscence. Is this a dehiscent, or indehiscent fruit? 



What term describes its mode of dehiscence? 

 Kinds. Of the twenty-seven special kinds, which is this ? 



Analyze its coverings, substance, cells, valves, carpophore, etc 

 Form. What term or terms indicates its shape? 

 Quality. Describe its color, texture, and clothing. 



§ 13. Seed. 



Number. Are there few, or indefinite, or how many? 



Construction, in regard to albumen, and cotyledons ? 



Form. What term defines their shape ? 



Quality, as to color, surface, or clothing. 



Appendages. Have they wings ? — or a coma ? — or an aril ? etc. 



IV. ON THE FLOWER REGION OF THE COMPOSITES. 

 § 1. Head. 



Kind. Are the heads dioecious? — or monoecious? etc. 

 Form. Are they discoid ? — radiate ? — radiant ? 



§ 2. Involucre. 



Kind. Is the involucre simple ? — imbricated ? — calyculate ? 

 Form. What term defines the shape? 



§ 3. Scales and Pales. 



Number. Few ? — definite ? — or indefinite ? 



