CONTENTS. 



PREFACE. . . , 3 



INTRODUCTION 9 



CHAPTER I. THE LEADING PRINCIPLES OF SCIENCE; MENTAL AND MORAL 



DISCIPLINE ITS AIM AND END 9 



CHAPTER II. THE DEPARTMENTS OF BOTANY 12 



CHAPTER III. APPARATUS. METHODS OF STUDY 15 



PART FIRST. STRUCTURAL BOTANY, OR ORGANOGI:APHY 17 



CHAPTER I. PRIMARY DIVISIONS OF THE VEGETABLE KINGDOM 17 



CHAPTER II. THE TERM OF PLANT LIFE 19 



CHAPTER III. THE PILENOGAMIA ; How DEVELOPED 22 



CHAPTER IV. THE BOOT, OR DESCENDING Axis 24 



CHAPTER V. THE STEM, OR ASCENDING Axis 30 



CHAPTER VI. THE LEAF-BUD. VERNATION 41 



CHAPTER VII. THE LEAF 4G 



PHYLLOTAXY, OR LEAF- ARRANGEMENT 4fi 



MORPHOLOGY OF THE LEAF 50 



OF THE STIPULES 51 



OF THE VEINS 52 



FORM OF THE LEAF, OR FIGURE 54 



MARGIN 59 



APEX 59 



COMPOUND LEAVES GO 



CHAPTER VIII. TRANSFORMATIONS OF THE LEAF 63 



CHAPTER IX. INFLORESCENCE G7 



FLOWERING 75 



CHAPTER X. MORPHOLOGY OF THE FLOWER 77 



ESTIVATION* 79 



THE FLOB.VL ORGANS 81 



THE PLAN OF THE FLOWER 83 



CHAPTER XL THE FLORAL ENVELOPES. PERIANTH 91 



CHAPTER XII. THE ESSENTIAL ORGANS *. 99 



THE STAMENS. OR ANDRCECIUM 99 



THE PISTILS, OR GYNCECIUM 104 



THE OVULES 1 OS 



