CONTENTS. 



Page 



Inteoduction. 



Outlines op Botany, with Special Refeeence to Local Floras . . iii 



Chap. I. Definitions and Descriptive Botany iii 



§ 1. The Plant in General iv 



§ 2. The Root iv 



§ 3. The Stock vi 



§ 4. The Stem vii 



§ 5. The Leaves vii 



§ 6. Scales, Bracts, and Stipules xi 



§ 7. Inflorescence and its Bracts xii 



§ 8. The Flower in General xiv 



§ 9. The Calyx and Corolla or Perianth xv 



§ 10. The Stamens xvii 



§ 11. The Pistil xviii 



§ 12. The Receptacle and Relative Attachment of the Floral Whorls ... xx 



§ 13. The Fruit . . - xxii 



§ 14. The Seed xxiii 



§ 15. Accessory Organs xxiv 



Chap. II. Classification, oe Systematic Botany xxvi 



Chap. III. Vegetable Anatomy and Physiology xxvii 



§ 1. Structure of the Elementary Tissues xxvii 



§ 2. Arrangement of the Elementary Tissues, or Structure of the Organs of 



Plants xxix 



§ 3. Growth of the Organs xxxi 



§ 4. Functions of the Organs xxxii 



Chap. IV. Collection, Peeseevation, and Deteemination of Plants . xxxiv 



Index of Teems, oe Glossary xxxix 



Analytical Key to the Hongkong Oedees and Anomalous Geneea . xliv 

 Floea Hongkongensis. 



Class I. Dicotyledons 1 



Class II. Monocotyledons 338 



Class III. Cryptogams 435 



Index of Geneea and Species 465 



