Ixxiv Education Committee. — Examination Papers, 1868. 
No. 4. Give the botanical names and natural orders of the follo'vving 
plants : — 
(1) rape, (2) lucerne, (3) saintfoin, (4) parsnip, (5) buckwheat, (G) 
sorgiiuni. 
No. 5. Describe the inflorescence of the common wheat, barley, 
oats, and rye, noting especially the characters Vt'hich distinguish them 
from one another. 
No. 6. Eefer the four plants marked A, B, C, and D, to their re- 
spective natural orders, stating the reasons why they are so referred. 
No. 7. Describe the plant A briefly in English technical language, 
noticing the organs in their proper sequence. 
QUESTIONS IN GEOLOGY. 
Time allowed for answering these Questions, 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. 
No. 1. Upon what principles are the stratified rocks classified? 
No. 2. Name the fossils which especially characterise the three 
great divisions of the fossiliferous rocks. 
No. 3. Give the geological formations in which coprolites, and 
other aggregations of i)hosphatic matter, have been found. 
No. 4. Arrange in the order of superposition the chief divisions of 
the cretaceous system, pointing out their mineral characters, and the 
nature of the soils derived from each by disintegration. 
No. 5. Define the terms marl, chalk, loam, shale, slate, pan, 
travertine, and mould, and esplain their origin. 
No. 6. Give the geological position of the Vv'^enlock, Lias, Aymesti-y, 
magnesian, and carboniferous limestones, stating the formations im- 
mediately above and below each. 
No. 7. Explain the meaning of outcrop, dij^, strike, and imcon- 
formability of strata, and give illustrative cliagrams. 
No. 8. Give the composition of rock-salt, gypsum, and alum-shale, 
and name the geological formations in which these substances are 
usually sought for in England. 
No. 9. In what counties in England and Wales are the following 
systems respectively foimd at the surface : silmiau, carboniferous, 
permian, triassic, and oolitic? 
No. 10. How may the " boulder clay " be distinguishfxl from clays 
of older geological age ? 
No. 11. Explain the meaning of the terms " permeable " and 
" impermeable " strata, and point out their respective infliience on the 
overlying soils. 
No. 12. What districts of England are especially characterized by 
strata of Eocene age ? 
