CONTENTS 



CHAP. PAGE 



Introduction, i 



I. The Flower, 9 



II. Fruits and Colonisation by Seed, . . . 35 



III. Colonisation by Other Methods, ... 56 



IV. Seedlings, Food Stores and Germination, . 71 

 V. Defence, 92 



VI. Roots and the Soil, 114 



VII. Foliage, 1^0 



VIII. The Stem, 158 



IX. Seaweeds and the Water-Flora, . . -175 



X. Microbes, Moulds, and Yeast, .... 198 



XI. Fungi, 217 



XII. Lichens and the Rock Flora, .... 238 



XIII. Mosses and Liverworts, 253 



XIV. Ferns, Fern-allies and Fossils, . . . 270 



XV. The Pine and other Conifers, Alpine Plants, 



AND THE History of the British Flora, . 289 



XVI. Woods and Forests, 303 



XVII. The Influence of Man, 320 



