xiv Contents. 



SECOND BOOK. 



HISTORY OF VEGETABLE ANATOMY. 

 1671-1860. 



Introduction ........... 



CHAPTER I. 



Phytotomy founded by Malpighi and Grew, 1671-1682 . . . 229 



CHAPTER II. 



Phytotomy in the Eighteenth Century . . . . . .246 



CHAPTER III. 



Examination of the Matured P'ramework of Cell-Membrane in Plants, 



1800-1840 256 



CHAPTER IV. 



History of Development of the Cell, Formation of Tissues, Molecular 



Structure of Organised Forms, 1840-1860 . . . .311 



THIRD BOOK. 



HISTORY OF VEGETABLE PHYSIOLOGY. 

 1583-1860. 



Introduction 359 



CHAPTER I. 



History of the Sexual Theory 



1. From Aristotle to R. J. Camerarius ..... 376 



2. Establishment of the Doctrine of Sexuality in Plants by R. J. 



Camerarius, 1691-1694 ....... 385 



3. Dissemination of the New Doctrine ; its Adherents and 



Opponents, 1700-1760 ....... 390 



4. The Theory of Evolution and Epigenesis .... 402 



