CONTENTS 



LECT. 



I. INTRODUCTORY-THE DaWN OF BOTANICAL KNOW- 

 LEDGE— THE Herbalists . 



II. Introductory-The Foundations of Plant Mor- 

 phology AND Anatomy 



III. The Founders of Natural Classification-The 



Sexuality of Plants - The Physiology of 

 Nutrition-Linnaeus and the Sexual System 

 OF Classification— The Beginnings of Speciali 



SATION 



IV. The Pioneer Investigators in Photosynthesis 



—Progress in Taxonomy and Anatomy at the 



BEGINNING OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY— PRO- 

 GRESS IN Plant Physiology 



V. Robert Brown-Systems of Taxonomy-Physi 



OLOGY OF Nutrition— Cryptogamic Botany at 



THE beginning OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY— 



Protoplasm and the Cell Theory— Progress 

 in Anatomy 



VI. Hofmeister on the Vascular Cryptogams-Pro 

 GREss IN Physiological Problems— The Founda 

 TiONS OF Palaeophytology— Charles Darwin. 

 VII. The Influence of the "Origin of Species "on 

 Botanical Research— Alternation of Genera 

 TIONS— Morphology of the Flower— Fertili- 

 sation — Morphology of the Seed 



VIII. The Taxonomy of Cryptogams-Taxonomy of 

 Phanerogams— Progress in Palaeophytology— 



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