CONTENTS. 



PAGB 



INTRODUCTION ix 



DIRECTIONS FOR STUDY xix 



AN EXPLANATION OF THE ABBREVIATIONS USED IN THE BO- 

 TANICAL CHARTS xxv 



CHAPTER FIRST. -THE LEAF. 



EXERCISE 



I. The Parts of Leaves I 



II. Venation 2 



III. Leaf-Margins 4 



IV. The Figures of Leaves 9 



V. Compound Leaves 12 



VI. Varieties of Compound Leaves 13 



CHAPTER SECOND. ROOTS AND STEMS. 



VII. Roots . . . 18 



VIII. Stems and their Parts 21 



IX. Buds 21 



X. Stem and Leaves 23 



XI. Kinds of Stems 25 



CHAPTER THIRD. THE INFLORESCENCE AND 

 FLOWER. 



XII. Kinds of Inflorescence 29 



XIII. The Parts of Flowers . . . 32 



XIV. Stamens and Pistil 34 



XV. Kinds of Calyx and Corolla 36 



XVI. Kinds of Corolla 38 



XVII. Symmetry of Flowers . 43 



XVIII. Complete and Incomplete Flowers 44 



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