ANALYSIS OF TIIK LESSONS. IX 



LESSON XVI. Estivation, or the Akrant.ement of the 



CaLVX AM) COKOM.A IN THK 15ui). . . . p 108. 



279. ^Estivation or Prafloration (K'tinecl. 280. It.s prin<-i])al modes illustrated, 

 viz. the valvato, indiipiieate, redniilicate, eonvolutc or twisted, and imbricated. 

 282, 283. Also the ojjen, and tlio plaited or plicate, and its modification, the 

 supervolutc. 



LESSON XVII. MonniOLOGY of the Stamens p. 111. 



284. Stamens considered as to, 285 Their insertion. 286. Their union with 

 each other. 287, 288. Their number. 289. Tiieir parts. 290. The Filamen!:. 

 291. The Anther. 292, 293. Its attachment to the filament. 294. Its structure. 

 295. Its mode of opening, &c. 296. Its mori)liolo.i;:y, or the way in which it is 

 supposed to be constructed out of a leaf; its use, viz. to produce, 29". Pollen. 

 298. Structure of pollen-grains. 299. Some of their forms. 



LESSON XVIII. IMoRiMioi.oGY of Pistils p. 116. 



300. Pistils as to position. 301. As to number. 302. Their paits ; Ovary, 

 style, and stigma. 303, 304. Plan of a pistil, whether simple or coinj)ound. 

 305, 306. The simple pistil, or Caqjel, and how it answers to a leaf. 307. Its 

 sutures. 308. The Placenta. 309. Tlic Simple Pistil, one-celled, 310. and with 

 one style. 311, 312. The Compound Pistil, how composed. 313. With two or 

 more cells : 314. their placcntai in the axis : 315. their dissepiments or parti- 

 tions. 316, 317. One-celled compound pistils. 318. With a free central pla- 

 centa. 319, 320. With parietal placentne. 321. Ovary superior or inferior. 

 322. Open or Gymnos])ermous pistil : Naked-seeded plants. 323. Ovules. 324. 

 Tiieir structure. 3:25, 326. Their kinds illustrated. 



LESSON XIX. MoRriiOLOGY of the Receptacle p. 124. 



327. The Receptacle or Torus. 328-330. Some of its forms illustrated. 

 331. The Disk. 332. Curious form of the receptacle in Nelumbium. 



LESSON XX. The Eruit p. 126. 



333. Wh.at the Fruit consists of. 334. Fruits which arc not such in a strict 

 botanical sense. 335. Simiile Fruits. 336, 337. The Pericarp, and the changes 

 it may undergo. 338. Kinds of simple fruits. 339. Fleshy fruits. 340 The 

 Berry. 341. The Pejjo or ('.round-fruit. 342. The Pome or Api)lc-frait. 343- 

 345. The Drupe or Stone-fruit. 346. Dry fruits. 347. The Achenium : nature 

 of tlie Strawberry. 348. ]taspl)erry and Blackberry. 349. Fruit in the Com- 

 posite Family : Pappus. 3.50. The Utricle .351. The Caryopsis or Orain. 352. 

 The Nut : Cupule. 353. The Samara or Key-fruit. 354. The Capsule or Pod. 

 3.55»The Follicle. 356. The Legume and Loment. 357. The true Capsule. 

 358, 359. Dehiscence, its kinds. 361 . The Sili(iue. 362. The Silicic. 363. Th« 

 Pyxis. 364. MultiiHe or Collective Fruits. 365. The Strobile or Cone. 



