CONTENTS. 



PAGE. 



INTRODUCTION, 1 



CHAPTER I. 



General Classification — Characters of the Flowering Plants — The Classes Angiospermae 

 and Gymnospermae 2-4 



CHAPTER II. 



Characters of the Gymnospermae — Order Gnetales — Order Cycadales — Order Giuk- 

 goales — Order Coniferae— The Pine Family — The Yew Family, 4-15 



CHAPTER III. 



Characters of the Monocotyledons and Dicotyledons Compared — Order Pandanales — 

 Screw-pine Family — Cat-tail Family — Bur-reed Family — ^Order Helobiae— Pondweed 

 Family — Arrow-grass Family — Water-plantain Family — Water-poppy Family — 

 Frog's-bit Family— Order Triuridales. . . 15-22 



CHAPTER IV. 

 Order Glumiflorae— Grass Family— Sedge Family, 23-30 



CHAPTER V. 

 Order Principes^-Palm Family, • • 31-36 



CHAPTER VI. 

 Order Spathiflorae —Arum Family — Duckweed Family, 37-40 



CHAPTER VIII.* 



Order Farinosae — Mayaca Family — Yellow-eyed Grass Family — Pipewort Family — 

 Rapatea Family — Pineapple Family — Spiderwort Family — Pickerel-weed Family — 

 Philydra Family, 40-46 



CHAPTER IX. 



Order Liliiflorae — Rush Family — Stemona Family — Bunch-flower Family — Lily Family 

 — Ivily-of-the- Valley Family — Smilax Family — Bloodwort Family — Amaryllis 

 Family — Tacca Family — Yam Family 46-60 



CHAPTER X. 



Order Scitamineae — Banana Family — Ginger Family — Canna Family — Arrowroot 

 Family, 61-63 



CHAPTER XI. 

 Order Microspermae — Burmannia Family — Orchid Family, 63-68 



CHAPTER XII. 



General Characters of the Dicotyledons — Order Verticillatae — Casuarina Family — Order 

 Piperales — Lizard's-tail Family — Chloranthus Family — Lacistema Family, . 69-73 



*By an error in numbering, Chapter VII is omitted from the text. 



