FAMILIES OF FLOWERING PLANTS. 



LIST OF TEXT FIGURES AND PLATES. 



PAGE. 51. 



1 . Base of Californian Sequoia, . 3 52. 



2. Branching Stem of an Ephedra, . 4 53. 



3. A Cultivated Cycad 5 54. 



4. A Young Shoot of Ginkgo, ... 7 55. 



5. Various Forms of Cones, ... 8 56. 



6. Spruces Bordering a Peat Bog, . 9 ! 57. 



7. Cones of Different Species of | 58. 



Spruce, Ill 59, 



8. Tamarack Swamp, 12 I 60, 



9. Leaves and Inflorescence of | 61. 



Stinking Cedar, 13 I 62. 



10. Longitudinal and Cross-section of ' 63. 



Cornstalk, 15 64. 



11. Cross-section of Box-elder Twig,. 16 65, 



12. Zones of Aquatic Vegetation, . . 16 66, 



1 3. The Broad-fruited Bur-reed, . . 17 67, 



14. Clasping-leaved Pondweed,. . . 18 68, 



15. Arum-leaved Arrowhead, .... 19 I 69, 



1 6. Tape-grass or Wild Celery, ... 20 70, 



17. " " .... 22 ' 



18. Buffalo Grass, 23 ' 71. 



19. Barnyard Grass, 24 I 72, 



20. Forked Beard-grass, 24 i 73, 



21. Beckmannia Grass, 25 ! 74, 



22. Kalm's Chess 25 | 75, 



23. Creeping Panic-grass, 26 ' 76, 



24. Wild Rice, 27 \ 77 . 



25. Minnesota Muhlenbergia, . . 27 | 



26. Timothy Grass, 27 \ 



27. Broom Grass, 27 ' 78, 



28. straw-colored Cyperus 29 i 79, 



29. Dark-green Bulrush, 30 I 80, 



30. Bristly Sedge, 30 i 81, 



31. Royal Palm (Plate.), 32 | 82, 



32. Cocoanut Palms, 34 | 83, 



33. Jack-in-the-Pulpit, 38 84, 



34. Floating Arum, 39 85, 



35. The Lairge Duckweed, 40 86, 



36. Mayaca 41 87, 



37. Yellow-eyed Grass, A2 88, 



38. Pipewort 42 ! 89, 



39. Spanish Moss 43 ; 90, 



40. Spiderwort, 46 91, 



41. Dooryard Rush 47 92, 



42. Croomia, 48 93, 



43. Bell-flower 49 94, 



44. Various Species of Lilinm, . . 50 ' 95, 



45. Carrion-flower, 53 ! 96 



46. The Wild False Hemp, ... 54 j 97, 



47. Young Century Plants on Flower- | 98, 



stalk of Parent 55 



48. Southern Spider Lily, 56 99 



49. The Wild Yam, 57 100 



50. Dwarf Crested Iris, 58 101 



The Banana, 61 



West Indian Arrowroot, .... 62 



Burmannia Biflora, 64 



Showy Orchis, 64 



Yellow Lady's-slipper 65 



A Group of Native Orchids, ... 66 

 Casuarina equisetifolia (Plate), . 70 



The Lizard's-tail, 72 



Cottonwood or Necklace Poplar,. 73 



The Black Willow, 74 



Bayberry, 75 



Flowering Branch of Walnut, . . 76 

 Forest of Canoe Birch ( Plate. ) , . 78 



Black Birch, 79 



A Native Californian Oak, . . 80 



The American Elm 81 



A Tropical Species of Fig. ... 82 



The Hemp Plant, 83 



Stinging Nettle, 84 



Flower-head of an Australian 



Banksia, 85 



European Mistletoe 87 



Pale Bastard Toad-flax 87 



Florida Wild Plum, 88 



Goose-flower 89 



Flower of Rafflesia Arnoldi, . . 90 

 Flowering Branch of Buckwheat, 94 

 Flowers and Fruits of Chenopo- 

 diu7n, Amaranthus and Phyto- 

 lacca, 94 



The Common Saltwort, 95 



The Pink Abronia, 96 



Carpetweed 97 



Plant of Lewisia rediviva, ... 97 



The White Campion 98 



Long-leaved Stitchwort, ... 99 



The Water-shield 101 



Marsh-marigold 102 



Early Meadow-rue, 103 



Hepatica ( Plate) , Facing page, 1 04 

 Bugbane (Plate) " 104 



Dwarf Barberry, .105 



Flowering Branch of Moonseed, . 106 

 Flowering Branch of Tulip-tree, 107 



The Pygmv Papaw, 109 



Fruiting Branch of Nutmeg, . .110 



California Nutmeg 110 



Bloodroot, Ill 



Yellow Water-cress, .... 112 



The Lace-pod, .113 



Flowering Branch of Brassica 



campestris, 114 



Clammy-weed, 115 



Flower and Fruit of Dyer's- weed, 1 16 

 The Huntman's-cup 117 



