While taking a plant taxonomy class I came up with this little song to help memorize the characteristics of the plant family Primulaceae. Actually the whole class ended up learning the song. On one field trip we were all walking along and the entire class started singing and marching to the tune. The melody is from the childrens song "The ants go marching one by one".

PRIMULACEAE

Herbs with opposite or whorled leaves, hooray, hooray,
Flowers five merous, the petals united, hooray, hooray,
Stamens five and opposite the petals,
Ovary superior, placentation free central,
And the fruit is a capsule in Primulaceae.

The words are taken mainly from "Gray's Manual of Botany". Oh well, it worked.

Cap't Bob