TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



INTRODUCTION. 



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Sect. 1. OBJECTS AND SUBDIVISIONS OF THE SCIENCE 1 



Sect. 2. METHODS AND MEANS USED IN THE STUDY OP 



BOTANY .... 3 



PART I. 

 MORPHOLOGY, or COMPARATIVE ANATOMY. 



CHAPTER I. 



GENERAL MORPHOLOGY 7 



CHAPTER II. 



MORPHOLOGY OF THE PHANEROGAMIA 10 



Sect. 1. GENERAL OBSERVATIONS ON THE CONSTRUCTION OP 



FLOWERING PLANTS 10 



Sect. 2. THE ROOT 14 



Sect. 3. THE STEM 20 



Sect. 4. THE LEAP 41 



Special Modifications of the Leaf and its Parts 66 



Sect. 5. THE LEAP-BUD 69 



Sect. 6. THE INFLORESCENCE 74 



Sect. 7. THE FLOWER AS A WHOLE 86 



Sect. 8. THE FLORAL ENVELOPES 103 



The Calyx 106 



The Corolla , 109 



The Perianth , . 114 



