CONTENTS 



OBiP. FAOX 



I. INTRODUCTION 7 



II. MORPHOLOGY 10 



HI. ANATOMY 23 



IV. CYTOLOGY . . , . . . .32 



V. PHYSIOLOGY 40 



VI. ECOLOGY .60 



VH. PALAEONTOLOGY ..,,.. 58 



. PLANT BREEDING 68 



IX. PATHOLOGY * 74 



X. SYSTEMATIC BOTANY 79 



XI. CONCLUSION 88 



SUGGESTED COURSE OF READING . . .91 



INDEX 93 



