4 i2 EXAMINATION PAPERS 



mud {R. hederaceus), and (c) submerged [R. trichophyllus) ? 

 State the meaning of the Latin names. 



5. What are the functions of ordinary green leaves, and why 

 have some plants, as the Dodder and Broomrape {Scrophu- 

 larineae) , no green leaves at all ? 



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Certificate Examination, Christmas 191 i 



First Class. Advanced Section 



1. Name and describe the flowers of the British genera of 

 Corylaceae. 



2. Explain, with a diagram, the origin of the vascular bundles 

 of the stipules of the Geranium and Bedstraw. 



3. When wild plants are cultivated, what are the most 

 prominent effects of the change of conditions ? Give examples. 



4. Give the life-history of a Moss. 



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Certificate Examination, Christmas 191 i 



First Class. Elementary Section 



1. Describe the specimens before you as fully as possible. 

 Make diagrams (i. e. cross-sections) only of the floral arrange- 

 ments, and refer the plants to their classes and divisions, giving 

 your reasons for so doing. 



2. What genera of Rosaceae are cultivated ? Explain the 

 changes which cultivation has caused in them. 



3. Give examples of roots which have adapted themselves 

 to other purposes than that of absorbing water from the soil. 



4. Describe any experiments in germination. What do they 

 teach us ? 



5. How do plants get rid of superfluous moisture, and why ? 



6. Describe the anatomy, as seen in cross-section, of any 

 ordinary root and the uses of its several tissues. 



