The Elements of Botany, For Beginners and For Schools. Gray Asa

      Published by Good Press, 2019

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      EAN 4057664637925

Table of Contents

       PREFACE.

       Section I. INTRODUCTORY.

       Section II. FLAX AS A PATTERN PLANT.

       Section III. MORPHOLOGY OF SEEDLINGS.

       Section IV. GROWTH FROM BUDS: BRANCHING.

       Section V. ROOTS.

       Section VI. STEMS.

       Section VII. LEAVES.

       § 1. LEAVES AS FOLIAGE.

       § 2. LEAVES OF SPECIAL CONFORMATION AND USE.

       § 3. STIPULES.

       § 4. THE ARRANGEMENT OF LEAVES.

       Section VIII. FLOWERS.

       § 1. POSITION AND ARRANGEMENT OF FLOWERS, OR INFLORESCENCE.

       § 2. PARTS OR ORGANS OF THE FLOWER.

       § 3. PLAN OF FLOWER.

       § 4. MODIFICATIONS OF THE TYPE.

       § 5. ARRANGEMENT OF PARTS IN THE BUD.

       Section IX. STAMENS IN PARTICULAR.

       Section X. PISTILS IN PARTICULAR.

       § 1. ANGIOSPERMOUS OR ORDINARY GYNŒCIUM.

       § 2. GYMNOSPERMOUS GYNŒCIUM.

       Section XI. OVULES.

       Section XII. MODIFICATIONS OF THE RECEPTACLE.

       Section XIII. FERTILIZATION.

       § 1. ADAPTATIONS FOR POLLINATION OF THE STIGMA.

       § 2. ACTION OF POLLEN, AND FORMATION OF THE EMBRYO.

       Section XIV. THE FRUIT.

       Section XV. THE SEED.

       Section XVI. VEGETABLE LIFE AND WORK.

       § 1. ANATOMICAL STRUCTURE AND GROWTH.

       § 2. CELL-CONTENTS.

       § 3. ANATOMY OF ROOTS AND STEMS.

       § 4. ANATOMY OF LEAVES.

       § 5. PLANT FOOD AND ASSIMILATION.

       § 6. PLANT WORK AND MOVEMENT.

       Section XVII. CRYPTOGAMOUS OR FLOWERLESS PLANTS.

       SECTION XVIII. CLASSIFICATION AND NOMENCLATURE.

       § 1. KINDS AND RELATIONSHIP.

       § 2. NAMES, TERMS, AND CHARACTERS.

       § 3. SYSTEM.

       SECTION XIX. BOTANICAL WORK.

       § 1. COLLECTION, OR HERBORIZATION.

       § 2. HERBARIUM.

       § 3. INVESTIGATION AND DETERMINATION OF PLANTS.

       § 4. SIGNS AND ABBREVIATIONS.

       ABBREVIATIONS OF THE NAMES OF BOTANISTS.

       GLOSSARY AND INDEX,

PREFACE.

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      This volume takes the place of the author's Lessons in Botany and Vegetable Physiology, published over a quarter of a century ago. It is constructed on the same lines,