TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



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CHAPTER VI. 



MICROSCOPIC FORMS OF VEGETABLE LIFE : SIMPLER ALGUE. 



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Protoplasm Vegetable and Ani- 

 mal, 222 



Relation between Vegetable and 



Animal Kingdoms, . , .223 

 Vegetable Cells in general, . . 224 

 Protophytic Algce, .... 229 



Conjugates^, 236 



Volvocineae, 237 



Palmellaceae, 245 



Ulvacese, 246 



Oscillatoriaceae, .... 247 



Nostochaceae, 349 



Siphonaceae, ..... 250 



Confervaceae, 354 



(Edogoniese, 257 



Chaetophoraceae, .... 258 

 Batracnospermeae, .... 258 



Characeae, 259 



DESMIDIACE^E, 269 



Pediastreae, .... 270 

 DlATOMACELE, 273 



CHAPTER VII. 



PROTOPHYTIC AND OTHER FUNGI. LICHENS. 



Fungi differentiated from Algae, . 307 



Schizomycetes 307 



Fermentative Action, . . .313 



Parasitic Fungi, 

 Myxomycetes, 

 LICHENS, . 



. 316 

 . 325 



CHAPTER VIII. 



MICROSCOPIC STRUCTURE OF HIGHER CRYPTOGAMIA. 



Algse, 



Hepaticae, 



Mosses, 



Sphagnacese, 



331 

 335 

 338 

 342 



Ferns, 



Equisetaceae, 

 Rhizocarpeae, 

 Lycopodiaceae, 



. 344 

 . 349 

 . 350 

 . 350 



CHAPTER IX. 



MICROSCOPIC STUCTURE OF PHANEROGAMIC PLANTS. 



Distinctive Peculiarities of Phan- 



erogamia, ..... 352 

 Elementary Tissues, . . . 353 

 Structure of Stem and Root, . . 367 



Structure of Epidermis and 



Leaves, 377 



Structure of Flowers, . . . 382 

 Fertilization. Seeds, . . j 385 



