CONTENTS. 



PACK 



PREFACE. . . , 3 



INTRODUCTION 9 



CHAPTER ITHE LEADING PRINCIPLES OP SCIENCE ; MENTAL AND MORAL 



DISCIPLINE ITS Am AND END 9 



CHAPTER II. THE DEPARTMENTS OP BOTANY 12 



CHAPTER III. APPARATUS. METHODS OF STUDY 15 



PART FIRST. STRUCTURAL BOTANY, OR ORGANOGKAPIIY 17 



CHAPTER I. PRIMARY DIVISIONS OF THE VEGETABLE KINGDOM 17 



CHAPTER II. THE TERM OF PLANT LIFE 19 



CHAPTER III. THE PH^NOGAMIA ; How DEVELOPED 22 



CHAPTER IV. THE ROOT, OR DESCENDING Axis 24 



CHAPTER V. THE STEM, OR ASCENDING Axis 30 



CHAPTER VI. THE LEAF-BUD. VERNATION 41 



CHAPTER VII. THE LEAF 4G 



PHYLLOTAXY, OR LEAF- ARRANGEMENT 4fi 



MORPHOLOGY OF THE LEAF.^ 50 



OF THE STIPULES V. 51 



OP THE VEINS 52 



FORM OP THE LEAF, OR FIGURE. 54 



MARGIN.... 59 



APEX 59 



COMPOUND LEAVES GO 



CHAPTER VIII. TRANSFORMATIONS OF THE LEAF G3 



CHAPTER IX. INFLORESCENCE ." 67 



FLOWERING 75 



CHAPTER X. MORPHOLOGY OF THE FLOWER 77 



^ESTIVATION '. 79 



THE FLORAL ORGANS 81 



THE PLAN OP THE FLOWER ~ 83 



CHAPTER XI. THE FLORAL ENVELOPES. PERIANTH 91 



CHAPTER XII. THE ESSENTIAL ORGANS 99 



THE STAMENS, OR ANDRCECIUM. 99 



THE PISTILS, OR GYNCECIUM 104 



THE OVULES 108 



