CONTENTS 



CHAPTER PACK 



INTRODUCTION xi 



I. SEEDS i 



II. SEEDLINGS 11 



III. ROOTS 17 



IV. STEMS 19 



V. LEAVES. I 25 



VI. LEAVES. II 33 



VII. PHYLLOTAXY 39 



VIII. BUDS 46 



IX. PR/EFOLIATION 51 



X. PROTECTION 55 



XI. STORAGE 58 



XII. CLIMBING PLANTS 64 



XIII. EPIPHYTES, PARASITES, AND SAPROPHYTES ... 68 



XIV. INSECTIVOROUS PLANTS 73 



XV. REPRODUCTION 76 



XVI. VEGETATIVE REPRODUCTION 77 



XVII. SEED REPRODUCTION 81 



XVIII. A TYPICAL OR PATTERN FLOWER .... 82 



XIX. FERTILIZATION 87 



