the 



NATURAL HISTORY OF PLANTS 



THEIR FORMS, GROWTH, 

 REPRODUCTION, AND DISTRIBUTION 



FROM THE GERMAN OF 



ANTON RERNER von MARILAUN 



PROFESSOR OF BOTANY IN THE UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA 



TRANSLATED AND EDITED 

 BY 



F. W. OLIVER, m.a., D.sc 



<jl AIN PROFESSOR OF BOTANY IN UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, LONDON 



WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF 



MARIAN BUSK, B.Sc. and MARY F. EWART, B.Sc. 



WITH ABOUT 2000 ORIGINAL WOODCUT ILLUSTRATIONS AND SIXTEEN PLATES IN COLOURS 



DIVISIONAL VOLUME V. 



LONDON: BLACKIE & SON, Limited 



GLASGOW, EDINBURGH, AND DUBLIN 



