CONTENTS 



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Peeface ^ 



Lesson 1. Tlie Leaf and its parts 9 



2. Veins and Venation of tlie Leaf 11 



3. Forms and Figures of Leaves 15 



4. Forms and Figures of Leaves 19 



5. Other Forms and Figures 22 



6. Margin and Apex 2G 



f^< . uompouna Leaves .T7. 2^ I> 



^8. Sessile Leav es. — Forms of Stipules^^ '^'^ 



Ij. Arrangeme'STof Leaves and Buds .777. rr~ . . ... ... . -r 



10. Appendages, &c 38 



11. Organs of the Flower 41 



12. More about the Calyx and Corolla 43 



13. About Adhesions 48 



. 14. Forms of the Perianth 50 



15. Concerning the Stamens 54 



16. More about the Stamens 59 



17. The Plan of the Flower 62 



18. Of the Pistils ... 67 



19. How the Leaves are folded in the Bud 71 



20. How the Flowers are arranged on the Plant 75 



21. The Inflorescence continued 78 



. 22. Concerning the Fruit 83 



23. Fruits continued 88 



. 24. Concerning the Seeds 92 



25. The Seed becoming a Plant 95 



. 26. Life of the Plant, or its Biography 100 



27. Of the Axis of the Plant 103 



'28. Of the Stem or Ascending Axis 106 



29. Plants to be arranged in Classes 113 



