The following exercise will be worth 25 pts. in Botany 301. *Items marked with an asterisk* are worth 2 points.
For measurements, you may give a range, e.g. 3 to 5 mm. For shape, you may use a "to" statement, e.g. blades ovate to lanceolate.
If herbaceous, duration--annual/biennial/perennial___2a.___.If woody, evergreen/deciduous__2b__
Underground structure--describe_____3____
Height______4._____
Stem--branching pattern, shape, pubescence, color; bark characters if woody____5.____
Leaf arrangement___6___
*Stipule---present/absent, if present--shape, size, color, unusual features, etc____7____
Petioles--length, surface, other features____8._____
*Blade--shape, dimensions, apex, base, color, pubescence, venation, margin____9.____
Inflorescence--type, # of flowers, peduncle length, pedicel length, pubescence___10.____
Floral bracts--if present, shape, size, color ____11.____
Flower--symmetry, sex, arrangement of male and female flowers if unisexual___12.____
*Calyx--number of parts, degree of fusion (if any),shape, size, pubescence, color___13.____
*Corolla--number of parts, degree of fusion (if any), shape, size, color, pubescence___14.____
*Stamens--number, insertion, arrangement, filament length, anther shape, length, dehiscence, color____15.___
*Ovary--position, size, number of carpels, number of locules, pubescence, color____16.____
Style--length, color, stigma--number of lobes/branches, shape, color____17.____
Fruit--type, dimensions, surface features, dehiscence____18.____
Seed--number per fruit, shape, dimensions, surface features____19.____
Anything else--scent, glands, pollinator, habitat, etc.____BONUS.____ __________________________________________________
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