APPENDIX. *■"" 



4. What are PluBiiogainou<^ plants ? Define Raceme, 

 Corvmb, Head, Panicle, Auaeut. 



5'. Give the characters oi (a) The classes Exogeus 

 and Eudogens ; (b) The Mint and Lily families. 



6. To what family do the Cedar, Clover. Mustaid, 

 and Dandelion respectively belong ? 



7. Why does a botanist consider the tuber ot the po- 

 tato an underground stem ? 



8 Give the philosophical explanation of the nature 

 of a flower considered as to the origin and correspond- 

 ences of its different parts. 



!). Draw a spathulate, an obcordate, a truncate, a 

 palmately-divided and au odd pinnate leaf. 



10. Explain the constitution of a pome or apple- 

 fruit. _f i. 1 ♦ 



11. What organs appear in the more perfect plants, 



and in what divisions are they comprised ? 



12. Give the function of the flower, its origin, and its 

 essential and accessory parts. 



13 Describe the nature and chief varieties of roots, 

 and distinguish between them and underground stems. 



14 "As to the Apex or Point leaves are lomted, 

 Acute, Obtuse, Truncate, Rctuse, Emarginate Obcoi- 

 date, Cuspidate, Mucronate." Sketch these different 



forms. , , - 



15 " There is no separate set of vessels, and no open 

 tubes for the sap to rise through in an unbroken stream, 

 in the way people generally suppose." Comment on 



this passage. t 3 a 



16. The great series of Flowering Plants is divided 

 into two cla.'^ses. Describe these classes. 



17. Give the chief characteristics of the order crua- 

 fercr ^Cress Family j, and name some common exam- 

 ples of this order. j • 1 c 



18. State the difference between definite and indelin- 

 ite inflorescence, and give examples of the latter. 



19 Of what does the food of plants consist ? in what 

 form is it found in the soil ? How is it introduced into 

 the plant ? What inference may be drawn respecting 

 the culture of the plant ? 



