Vlll TABLE OF CONTENTS 



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5. Chlorophyccae 106 



6. Characeae 106 



7. Phaeophyceae 107 



8. Rhodophyceae 107 



9. Phycomycetes 108 



10. Basidiomycetes 108 



11. Ascomycetes 109 



Lichenes no 



Branch II. Bryophyta in 



Class I. Hepaticae in 



2. Musci '' 112 



Branch III. Pteridophyta 113 



Class I. Filicinae 114 



2. Equisetinae 115 



3. Lycopodinae 115 



Branch IV. Spermatophyta 116 



Class I. Gymnospermae 117 



2. Angiospermae 117 



PART II.— ANIMALS 



Laboratory exercises 119 



Introduction: Color and form. Locomotion. Axis of locomotion. 

 Cephalization. Dorsal and ventral. Right and left. Bilateral 

 symmetry. Radial symmetry. Universal symmetry. Asym- 

 metry. Exceptional cases. Size and differentiation. Integu- 

 ment. Nerve-muscle Mechanism. Digestion. Circulation. 

 Respiration. Excretion. Reproduction. Organization of the 

 body. "Higher" and ''lower" animals. Segmentation — meta- 

 meres, antimeres 127 



Integument: General integument of amoeba, hydra, worms, arthro- 

 pods, vertebrates. Specialized integumentary structures — cu- 

 ticular, epidermal and dermal structures, glands 141 



Sense organs: General sense organs in amoeba, hydra, worms, arthro- 

 pods, vertebrates. Organs of special sense: The chemical 

 senses — taste and smell. The organs of sight. The arthropod 

 eye. The vertebrate eye. Types of vision. Mechanism for 

 focusing and control of light intensity. Hearing and equilibra- 

 tion. Statocysts. The ear — of arthropods, of vertebrates. 

 The senses of lower animals 15^^ 



