298 APPENDIX. 



27. In what sense is this a " Flowerless Plant " ? 



28. What is its order? genus? species?* 



29. What is its popular name? 



II. ON THE LEAF REGION OF A FLOWERING PLANT. 



1. The Plant. 



Life. Is it an annual, a biennial, or a perennial ? 

 Habit. Is it an herb, a shrub, vine, or tree ? 



Describe its locality. 



Size. What are its height, or length, and other dimensions? 

 Qualities. lu surface, is it smooth, or rough, or hairy? 



What term defines its color or special hue? 



2. The Root. 



Life State its term of duration. 



Form. Is it axial, or inaxial ? Of what special form? 



3. The Stem. 



Life. What is its duration and substance? 

 Habit. In growth, is it exogenous, or endogenous? 



What is its direction or posture? 



What is its habit of branching? 

 Kind. Is it scaly or leafy ? under or above ground ? 



Is it a caulis, trunk, bulb, or rhizome, etc. ? 

 Form. Is it solid, or tubular, angular, or terete, etc. ? 



4. The Leaves. 



Life. Are the leaves deciduous, or evergreen ? 

 Place. How are they folded in vernation? 



What is their position on the plant? 



How are they arranged among themselves? 

 Construction. Describe their veins and venation. 



Of what numbers are they constituted ? 



Are they simple, or compound? 



Describe the mode of composition. 

 Form of blade. What term or terms define their outline? 



* The scientific name of a plant, or its genus and species, if not communicated, may 

 be determined, after analysis, by the aid of a Descriptive Flora with analytical tables. 



