and Thorny sat up to investigate the matter , so quickly that his sister had not time to sober down . `` Ah , I 've caught you ! Not fair to tell , Celia . Now , Ben , you 've got to learn all about this buttercup , to pay for cheating . '' `` Werry good , sir ; bring on your rhinoceriouses , '' answered Ben , who could n't help imitating his old friend the clown when he felt particularly jolly . `` Sit there and write what I tell you , '' ordered Thorny , with all the severity of a strict schoolmaster . Perching himself on the mossy stump , Ben obediently floundered through the following analysis , with constant help in the spelling , and much private wonder what would come of it : -- `` Phaenogamous . Exogenous . Angiosperm . Polypetalous . Stamens , more than ten . Stamens on the receptacle . Pistils , more than one and separate . Leaves without stipules . Crowfoot family . Genus ranunculus . Botanical name , Ranunculus bulbosus . '' `` Jerusalem ! what a flower ! Pistols and crows ' feet , and Polly put the kettles on , and Angy sperms and all the rest of 'em !
If that 's your botany , I wo n't take any more , thank you , '' said XXXXX , as he paused as hot and red as if he had been running a race .
Angiosperm Ben Botanical Celia Crowfoot Polly Thorny bulbosus rhinoceriouses sperms