200 PLANT IDENTIFICATION. 



Amaryllideae. 



Daffodil (Narcissus pseudo-narcissus), Cultivated; 



locally, moist woods. 



Poet's Narcissus (Narcissus poeticus), cultivated. 

 Snowdrop (Galanthus nivalis), cultivated ; locally, 



woods. 



Aroideae. 



Cuckoo Pint, Lords and Ladies (Arum maculatum), 

 woods, shady places. 



The plants having been identified, the teacher should 

 write out descriptions. There is absolutely no doubt as 

 to the value of this exercise in ensuring close and definite 

 examination. The first difficulty will undoubtedly be with 

 regard to the nomenclature of parts. Eecourse will be 

 necessary for a time to botanical works, but if the plants 

 under examination are studied in the light of the descrip- 

 tions given in any of the standard botanical works of re- 

 cent date, familiarity with the terms and the structures 

 to which they apply will rapidly increase. These descrip- 

 tions are intended to develop knowledge along two 

 different lines. 



1. The structural features noted are to be read in the 

 light of Classification so that the teacher may become 

 acquainted with the parts and their arrangements which 

 determine the Natural Order to which a plant belongs. 

 This being so, as suggested above, the teacher should com- 

 pare the plant under examination with the Ordinal descrip- 

 tion. It has to be borne in mind that a given plant in an 

 Order may not show all the characters of that Order ; it 

 may even show exceptions in some particulars. But the 

 beginner must rest content if he is able to verify the main 

 facts and to gradually familiarise himself with the distin- 

 guishing features of the commoner Orders, so that he may 

 eventually be able to judge without reference to a book from 

 the general aspect of a plant the Order or even genus to 

 which it belongs. 



