CONTENTS. 



INTRODUCTION. 



Two Biological Sciences Plants and Animals Sub-divisions of Botany 

 Principal Plant Organs and their Functions Selection of Types for 

 Description ........... 



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PART I- MORPHOLOGY. 



CHAPTER I. THE ROOT. 



Primary, secondary and adventitious roots Types of Root Systems Deve- 

 lopment of Root precedes that of Shoot Root Suckers Fibrous, 

 Tuberous, Woody, Subterranean, Aquatic and JSrial Roota] . . 



CHAPTER II. THE STEM. 



Nodes, Internodes, Position of Leaves and Buds Kinds of Stems Branch- 

 ing Shape of Stem Stem Structure, Bark Leaf-scars, Lenticels 

 Pith, Heart- Wood, Sap- Wood, Annual Rings, Medullary Rays, Pores, 

 Resin-Canals, Vascular Bundles . . . . . 



CHAPTER III. THE LEAF. 



Lamina, Petiole, Nerves Venation Leaf-margin Simple and Compound 

 Leaves General Shape of Leaves Polymorphic JLeaves Leaves of 

 Young Plants Other Characters of Leaves Colour Smell Taste- 

 Glands Characters of Petiole Leaf-Base Stipules Metamor- 

 phosed Leaves Phyllotaxy Buds Vernation Homologous, Ana- 

 logous Members .,.... 



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CHAPTER IV. THE INFLORESCENCE AND FLOWER. 



Flowering-Shoot Bracts Peduncle, Pedicel, Types of Inflorescence 

 Parts of the Flower, Perianth, Stamens, Pistils, Torus Pollination and 

 Fertilisation Characters of Perianth Position and Numbers of Floral 

 Parts Distribution of Sexual Organs Symmetry of Flower Floral 

 Parts are Leaves Cohesion and Adhesion Hypogynous, Perigynous 

 and Epigynous Flowers Disc Descriptive Terms for Petals and 

 Sepals Estivation Characters of Stamens of Pistils of Ovules- 

 Types of Flowers which may cause Difficulty Wheat Pea Pine 

 Gyinnosperms and Angiosperuis Floral Diagrams and Short-hand 



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