CONTENTS. 



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Composition 



Simple Leaves . 



1. Margin . 



2. Incision. 



3. Apex 



4. General Outline 



5. Form 

 Compound Leaves 



1. Pinnately-veined Compound Leaves 



2. Palmately- veined Compound Leaves 



5. Petiole or Leaf-stalk . 



6. Stipules .... 



7. Anomalous Forms of Leaves 



Spines of Leaves 

 Tendrils of Leaves . 

 Phyllodes or Phyllodia 

 Ascidia or Pitchers . 



8. General view of the Leaves in the three great Classes 



of Plants 



1 . Leaves of Dicotyledonous Plants 



2. Leaves of Monocotyledonous Plants 



3. Leaves of Acotyledonous Plants 



9. Development of Leaves 



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CHAPTER 4. 



ORGANS OF EEPKODUCTION 



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Section 1. 

 inflorescence or anthotaxis . . 187 



1. Floral Leaves or Bracts 187 



2. The Peduncle or Flower-stalk 193 



3. Kinds of Inflorescence 196 



1. Indefinite, Indeterminate, or Axillary Inflores- 

 cence 197 



1. Kinds of Indefinite Inflorescence with an 



Elongated Primary Axis . . .197 



a. The Spikor 197 



b. The Amentum or Catkin . . .198 



c. The Spadix i99 



d. The Locusta or Spikelet . .199 



e. The Cone 200 



f. The Strobilus or Strobile . . 200 



g. The Raceme 201 



h. The Corymb 202 



i. The Panicle . . . . ' . 202 



k. The Thyrsus or Thyrse . . .203 



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