CONTENTS 



CHAP. PAGE 



I. INTRODUCTORY ...... -7 



II. THE EARLY DEVELOPMENT OF A PLANT THE GERMINA- 

 TION OF A DICOTYLEDONOUS SEED 



III. THE FORMATION OF THE ROOT SYSTEM 



IV. THE STRUCTURE OF THE ROOT . 



V. THE CHARACTERISTIC FEATURES OF THE SHOOT . 

 VI. THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE SHOOT SYSTEM 

 VII. THE STRUCTURE OF THE SHOOT . 

 VIII. THE MONOCOTYLEDONOUS PLANT 

 IX. THE FOOD OF PLANTS 



X. THE RESPIRATION OF PLANTS ..... 

 XI. THE EVOLUTION OF THE FORMS OF PLANTS ALG.E 



XII. THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE REPRODUCTIVE PROCESSES IN 

 THE ALG.E ... .... 



XIII. THE ORIGIN OF TERRESTRIAL PLANTS EVOLUTION OF 



MOSSES AND FERNS ... . . 



XIV. REPRODUCTION OF FLOWERING PLANTS VEGETATIVE 



PROPAGATION ....... 



XV. THE INFLORESCENCE AND THE FLOWER 

 XVI. POLLINATION AND ITS MECHANISMS FERTILISATION 



XVII. FORMATION OF THE SEED AND ITS MIGRATION THE 

 FRUIT ........ 



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