Vlii CONTENTS. 



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Chapter XIII. — The Fruit ; — Pericarp 110 



Chapter XIV. — The Fruit ;— Seed 117 



§ Germination 121 



Chapter XV. — The Cryptogamia. — Organs 124 



Part Second. — Physiological Botany 130 



Chapter I. — The Vegetable Cell 130 



Chapter II. — The Tissues 134 



Chapter III. — The Epidermal System 137 



Chapter IV.— The Ligneous System 139 



§ Structure of Leaves 145 



Chapter V. — Op Vegetation, or the Physiology op Plant Life 146 



§ Fertilization 148 



§ Ripening of Fruits 151 



Chapter VI. — Of Absorption 152 



§ Circulation 153 



§ Transpiration 156 



§ Respiration 156 



Chapter VII. — Review of the Principles of Nutrition 158 



Part Thvrd. — Systematic Botany 164 



Chapter I. — Of the Classification of Plants 16-1 



Chapter II.— Of the Artificial System 166 



Chapter III.— Of the Natural System 169 



Chapter IV. — Nomenclature. — Analysis 175 



§ Index and Glossary 180 



§ Key Analytical to the Natural Orders 191 



Part Fourth. — Descriptive Botany ; — Tra Flora 1 99 



Orders of the Polypetaljs 200 



Orders of the Gamopetaljj 393 



Orders of the Apetaljs 601 



Orders of the Conoidej? 659 



Orders of the Spadiciflorjs 66(J 



Orders of the Floride^; G 1 * 6 



Orders of the Graminoidejs '31 



Orders of the Cryptogamia , • 810 



