212 CLIMBERS, PARASITES, SAPROPHYTES. 



QUESTIONS ON CHAPTER VIII. 



1. Describe the organs by which six British plants climb. 



2. What are the advantages, and the disadvantages, of the climbing 

 habit ? 



3. Describe and compare modes of climbing in a twiner and a 

 tendril-climber. 



4. Describe two British examples in each case of (a) total parasites, 

 (&) partial parasites. 



5. Describe two British examples in each case of (a) total saprophytes, 

 (6) partial saprophytes. 



6. Describe (a) the chief British insectivorous plants, (b) three foreign 

 insectivorous plants. Compare their methods of work. 



7. Distinguish between the varying degrees of parasitism found 

 among the British Phanerogams, citing special examples of the forms 

 you describe. 



