CONTENTS. 



Page 



Inteodttotion. 



OuTLINBa OV BoTAlfT, WITH SpEOUi RePEBENCB TO LOOAl PlOBAS . . iii 



Chap. I. Definitions and Desobiptite Botany iii 



§ 1. The Plant in General it 



§ 2. The Root iy 



§ 3. The Stock vi 



§ 4. The Stem .; vii 



§ 5. The Leaves vii 



§ 6. Scales, Bracts, and Stipules xi 



§ 7. Inflorescence and its Bracts xii 



§ 8. The Flower in General xiv 



§ 9. The Calyx and Corolla or Perianth xv 



§ 10. The Stamens xvii 



§ 11. The PistU xyiii 



§ 12. The Eeceptacle and Relative Attachment of the Moral Whorls ... xx 



§ 13. The Fruit xiii 



§ 14. The Seed xxiii 



§ 15. Accessory Organs xxiv 



Chap. II. Ci/ASSipioation, ob Ststbmatio Botany xxvi 



Chap. III. Vegbtabie Anatomy and Physiology xxvii 



§ 1. Structure of the Elementary Tissues xxvii 



§ 2. Arrangement of the Elementary Tissues, or Structure of the Organs of 



Plants X3^ 



§ 3. Growth of the Organs xxxi 



§ 4. Functions of the Organs xxxu 



Chap. IV. Collection, Peesebtation, and Detbemination op Plants . xxxiv 



Index op Teems, ob Glossary xxxix 



Analytical Key to the Hongkong Obdebs and Anomalous Gbneba . xliv 

 Floba Hongkongbnsis. 



Class I. Dicotyledons . 



Class II. Monocotyledons 338 



Class III. Cryptogams ^^ 



Index op Gbneba and Specibs 



