CONTENTS 



PART I 



Terminology and Morphology 



CHAPTER I 



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Divisions oe Botany. — i. Structural Botany or Plant Morphology, u. 

 Physiological Botany. 3. Geographical Botany. 4. Economic or 

 Applied Botany. 5. Geological Botany. 6. Systematic Botany or 

 Vegetable Taxonomy. 7. Vegetable Ecology. , i 



Classification of Plants. — Natural System: type; class; series; order; 



family; genus; species; individual; variety; race; hybrid . . . 1-2 



Subdivision of the Vegetable Kingdom. — Phanerogams; Cryptogams; 



Angiosperms; Gymnosperms; Monocotyledons; Dicotyledons 2 



Vegetable Cytology (Cellular Structure). — Cell; Protoplasm; Protoplasmic 



Cell Contents; Non-Protoplasmic Cell Contents. . . 2-4 



Vegetable Histology (Plant Tissues). — List of Tissues and Definitions . 5-14 



CHAPTER II 



Plant Organs and Organisms.^ — Vegetative Organs: Roots; Plant Hairs; 



Stems; and Leaves. Reproductive Organs : Flowers; Fruits; and Seeds 14-1S 



The Root. — Definition; functions; root hairs; root cap; generative tissues; 



differences between root and stem . . 15-16 



Classification of Roots as to Form. — Primary root; secondary roots; 



forms of roots; anomalous roots; adventitious roots; epiphytic roots . . 16 



Classification of Plants According to Duration of Root. — Annual; 



Biennial; Perennial . . 16-17 



Root Histology. — Monocotyledons; Dicotyledons . . . 17-19 



The Bud. — Definition; first bud; scaly buds; naked buds; leaf buds; flower 



buds; mixed buds; bud positions . . ... . ig-20 



The Stem. — Definition; functions; stem size; direction of growth; elongation; 

 duration; above ground stems; underground stems; exogenous; endoge- 

 nous. . . .... . 20-23 



Stem Histology. — A.Exogens: i. Annual Dicotyls. 2. Perennial Dicotyls 

 and their transitional changes. Lenticels and Their Formation: Defi- 

 nition; structure; function. Annual Thickening of Stems: Method of 

 formation; "annual ring." Bark: Definition; Distinction between 

 Pharmacognic and Commercial designation of zones; Periderm. B. 

 Endogens: Monocotyls. ... . . , . . . 23-29 



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