CONTENTS OF BOTANY. 



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Introduction, 



I. Elementary Organs of Plants, 



1. Cellular Tissue, 



2. Vascular Tissue, 



II. Compound Organs of Plants, 



1. Organs of Nutrition, 



1. The General Integument, 



2. Descending Stem or Root, 



3. Ascending Axis or the Stem, 



4. Leaves and the Appendages, 



2. Organs of Reproduction, 



a. General Considerations, . 



b. The Flower and its Appendages, 



c. Fertilization, 



d. The Fruit, 



e. The Seed, 

 /. Reproductive Organs of Flowerless Plants, 



General Considerations with respect to Plants, 



A. The Chemical Constituents of Plants, 



B. Products and Secretions of Plants, 



C. The Circulation and Elaboration of Fluids in Plants, 

 On the Geography of Plants, 



A. Plants growing in Water, whether Salt or Fresh, 



B. Land Plants which root in the Earth and grow in the 

 C Plants growing in Special Localities, 



Horizontal Range of Vegetation, 



A. Torrid Zone, .... 



B. Temperate Zone, .... 



C. Frigid Zone, .... 

 Vertical Range of Plants, .... 



Systematic Botany, or the Classification of Plants, 

 Linnaean System, ..... 

 Jussieu's System, ..... 

 Endlicher's System, .... 



De CandoUe's System, .... 



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