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PLANT DESCRIPTION 285 



Androecium. (a) Whether free, monadelphous, diadelphous, or 

 polyadelphous (p. 185). 



(b} Number of stamens or indefinite. 



(c) Whether hypogynous, perigynous, epigynous, epipetalous, or 

 gynandrous (p. 185). 



(d) Shape and length of filaments. 



(e) Whether anther two-lobed, and how fixed to filaments, introrse 

 or extrorse. 



Gynoecium. (a) Whether monocarpous, apocarpous, or syncarpous 

 (p. 186). 



(b) Number of carpels. 



(c) Whether inferior or superior (p. 186). 

 (d} Whether style long or short. 



(e) Whether stigmas terminal, 2-fid, 3-fid, 4-fid, &c. 

 (/) Whether ovary one, two, three, or more celled. 

 Ovules. (a) How many. 



(b} Placentation axile, parietal, free-central, or basal (p. 187). 

 Floral Formula (p. 188). 

 Floral Diagram (p. 188). 



Classification. Place the plant in its true position in the natural 

 system, as follows : 



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Sub-Class. . . J 



Natural Order. 



Genus. 



Species. [If possible name the plant.] 



Common Name. 



EXAMPLE OF PLANT DESCRIPTION 



Habit. An erect perennial herb, with radical leaves, growing 

 in damp ditches or marshy places. 



Root. Absent. 



Stem. Herbaceous, erect, ribbed, twisted, solid, hairy, 

 brownish purple. 



Leaves. Radical leaves crowded, petiolate, pinnate, reticu- 

 late-veined, cauline leaves alternate, compound, ternate ; the 

 terminal leaflet large, upper part of leaflet crenate, hairy, upper 

 side dark green and under side light green, stipulate, stipules 

 adnate, small and lobed. 



Inflorescence. Definite, two-flowered cyme, drooping. 



Flower. Complete, actinomorphic, roughly campanulate, 

 of an inch in diameter, honeyed, dull orange, protandrous. 



