CONTENTS 



LECT. PAGE 



I. INTRODUCTORY THE DAWN OF BOTANICAL KNOW- 

 LEDGETHE HERBALISTS i 



II. INTRODUCTORY THE FOUNDATIONS OF PLANT MOR- 

 PHOLOGY AND ANATOMY . . . .22 



III. THE FOUNDERS OF NATURAL CLASSIFICATION THE 



SEXUALITY OF PLANTS THE PHYSIOLOGY OF 

 NUTRITION LINNAEUS AND THE SEXUAL SYSTEM 

 OF CLASSIFICATION THE BEGINNINGS OF SPECIALI- 

 SATION . . . . . .40 



IV. THE PIONEER INVESTIGATORS IN PHOTOSYNTHESIS 



PROGRESS IN TAXONOMY AND ANATOMY AT THE 

 BEGINNING OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY PRO- 

 GRESS IN PLANT PHYSIOLOGY . . .62 



V. ROBERT BROWN SYSTEMS OF TAXONOMY PHYSI- 

 OLOGY OF NUTRITION CRYPTOGAMIC BOTANY AT 

 THE BEGINNING OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY 

 PROTOPLASM AND THE CELL THEORY PROGRESS 

 IN ANATOMY . . . . .88 



VI. HOFMEISTER ON THE VASCULAR CRYPTOGAMS PRO- 

 GRESS IN PHYSIOLOGICAL PROBLEMS THE FOUNDA- 

 TIONS OF PALAEOPHYTOLOGY CHARLES DARWIN. 116 



VII. THE INFLUENCE OF THE " ORIGIN OF SPECIES "ON 

 BOTANICAL RESEARCH ALTERNATION OF GENERA- 

 TIONS MORPHOLOGY OF THE FLOWER FERTILI- 

 SATION MORPHOLOGY OF THE SEED . -137 



VIII. THE TAXONOMY OF CRYPTOGAMS TAXONOMY OF 

 PHANEROGAMS PROGRESS IN PALAEOPHYTOLOGY 

 ix 



