Contents 



Preface 



vu 



Chapter 1 



The Plant Body ^ 



The Root. The Shoot. The Anatomy of the Phwt Body. The Ontogeny 

 of the Phmt Body. Secondary Vascular Tissues and the Cambium. 



Bibliography ^■'■ 



Chapter 2 



The Inflorescence "' 



Classification. Reduced Inflorescences. Phylogeny of the Inflorescence. 

 Bibliography °'* 



Chapter 3 



The Flower o" 



Basic Structure. The Primitive Flower. Reduction in the Flower. 

 Bibliography 9"* 



Chapter 4 



The Androecium "" 



Classification by Arrangement on the Receptacle. Reduction in the An- 

 droecium. Fusion in the Androecium. Adnation in the Androecium. The 

 Androecium under Zygomorphy. Ontogeny of the Androecium. 



The Stamen 108 



The Primitive Stamen. The Anther. The Filament. The Sporangia. Anther- 

 sac Wall and "Sporangium Wall." Unusual Forms and Arrangements of 

 Stamens. Anatomy of the Stamen. Ontogeny of the Stamen. Morpho- 

 logical Nature of the Stamen. Staminodia. Nectaries. 



Bibliography 154 



Chapter 5 



Pollen 158 



Arrangement of Pollen Grains in the Tetrad. Structure of the Exine. Pollen- 

 grain Types. Pollen-grain Development. Sequence within the Sporangium. 

 Palynology. 



Dehiscence of the Anther 165 



Pollination 169 



The Male Gametophyte 1'^ 



The Pollen Tube. The Tube Nucleus. Male Gametes. Terminology of the 

 Male Gametophyte. 



Bibliography 182 



xi 



