CONTENTS OF HALF-VOLUME III. 



LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. 



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Plate IX. Mosses and Liverworts, - to face 64 



X. Alpine Rhododendrons and Mountain Pines (Tyrol), „ 106 



XI. Victoria regia in the River Amazon, „ 186 



XII. Alpine Flowers on the Blaser, Tyrol, ,, 198 



XIII. West Indian Orchids, - „ 224 



XIV. Fungi at Home, - - „ 492 

 Illustrations in the Text — Fig. 189 to Fig. 356. 



Introduction. 



Sources of a History of Plants, 1 



The Language of Botanists, 3 



The Genesis of Plant Offspring. 



1. Asexual Reproduction — 



Spores and Thallidia, 8 



Buds on Roots, 25 



Buds on Stems, 28 



Buds on Leaves, - 37 



2. Reproduction by means of Fruits — 



Definition and Classification of Fruits, - - 46 



Fertilization and Fruit-formation in Cryptogams, - - 49 



The Commencement of the Phanerogamic Fruit, - - 70 



Stamens, 85 



Pollen, - 95 



Protection of Pollen, 104 



Dispersion of Pollen by the Wind, 129 



Dispersion of Pollen by Animals, 152 



Allurements of Animals with a View to the Dispersion of Pollen, 167 

 The Colours of Flowers considered as a Means of Attracting Animals, - 182 



The Scent of Flowers considered as a Means of Attracting Animals, 198 



Opening of the Passage to the Interior of the Flower, 209 



Reception of Flower-seeking Animals at the Entrance to the Flower, 22] 



