CONTENTS 



I'AUK 



INTRODUCTION ---- ---i 



DIVISION I 

 ANGIOSPERMS OR HIGHER FLOWERING PLANTS 



CHAPTER 



I. SEED. GERMINATION. FORM OF THE ESTABLISHED PLANT 5 



II. THE CELLULAR CONSTRUCTION OF THE PLANT - 16 



III. THE TISSUES OF THE STEM 33 



IV. THE LEAF - 58 

 V. THE ROOT 71 



VI. THE WATER-RELATION 84 



VII. NUTRITION, STORAGE, AND RESPIRATION 98 



VIII. GROWTH AND MOVEMENT - 118 



IX. THE MECHANICAL CONSTRUCTION OF THE PLANT-BODY 136 



X. MODIFICATIONS OF FORM IN THE VEGETATIVE SYSTEM - 161 



XI. IRREGULAR NUTRITION 187 



XII. VEGETATIVE PROPAGATION - 211 



XIII. THE INFLORESCENCE, AND THE FLOWER 220 



XIV. THE STAMEN AND POLLEN-SAC - 244 

 XV. THE CARPEL AND OVULE - 252 



XVI. POLLINATION AND FERTILISATION 264 



XVII. THE EMBRYO AND THE SEED ^74 



XVIII. THE FRUIT AND SEED-DISPERSAL 284 



DIVISION II 

 GYMNOSPERMS 



XIX. CONIFERAE. THE SCOTS PINE - 302 



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