QUESTIONS. 301 



1O. 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. 



Nifmber. Few ? definite ? or indefinite ? 



