Sketches will be evaluated for completeness, labelling, accuracy, neatness, as well as artistic skill displayed.
Movement: When done at a station, move to the next station. Those at station VII will move to station I. Be patient, work carefully, methodically, but be efficient.
Give the Genus and species (Latin binomial) for the displayed plants.
Genus Species 1. ____________ _____________ 2. ____________ _____________ 3. ____________ _____________ 4. ____________ _____________
5. What is the name of the displayed substance?
6. What is a heterocyst?
7. What is the function of a heterocyst?
8. Sketch the brown stalk-like object seen in the dissecting microscope. Label your sketch completely.
9. What is the function of the brown structure?
10. Of the two group types for this plant, which of the two types does this one belong to?
11. Each of the displayed leaves has a number assigned to the leaf. Write each number is the correct blank in the following list of leaf shapes. Note that the number of leaves is less than the number of blanks: some blanks will not be filled in!
___ Awl ___ Cordate ___ Deltoid ___ Elliptic ___ Hastate ___ Lanceolate |
___ Linear ___ Oblanceolate ___ Oblong ___ Obovate ___ Orbicular ___ Ovate |
___ Palmate ___ Reniform ___ Peltate ___ Perfoliate ___ Sagittate |
12. Each of the displayed flowers has a number assigned to the flower. Write each number is the correct blank in the following list of blossom shapes. Note that the number of flowers is less than the number of blanks: some blanks will not be filled in!
___ Bilabiate ___ Campanulate ___ Funnelform ___ Ligulate |
___ Papilionaceous ___ Rotate ___ Slaverform ___ Spurred |
13. Each of the displayed inflorescences has a number assigned to the inflorescence. Write each number is the correct blank in the following list of inflorescence types. Note that the number of flowers is less than the number of blanks: some blanks will not be filled in!
___ Solitary ___ Spike |
___ Spadix ___ Spikelet |
___ Raceme ___ Corymb |
___ Umbel ___ Head |
14. Sketch one of the flowers labelling the floral parts completely. Sketches will be evaluated for completeness, labelling, accuracy, neatness, as well as artistic skill displayed.