ANALYSIS OF THE LESSONS. K 



LESSON XVI. Estivation,, or the Arrangement of the 



Calyx and Corolla in the Bdd. . . . p 108. 



279. !Estiyation or Pra^floration defined. 280. Its principal modes illustrated, 

 viz. the ralvate, induplicate, reduplicate, convolute or twisted, and imbricated. 

 282, 283. Also the open, and the plaited or plicate, and its modification, the 

 supervolute. 



LESSON XVn. MoRPHOLOGT or the Stamens p. 111. 



284. Stamens considered as to, 285 Their insertion. 286. Their union with 

 each other. 287, 288. Their number. 289. Their parts. 290. The Filament. 

 291. The Anther, 292, 293. Its attachment to the filament. 294. Its structure. 

 295. Its mode of opening, &c. 296. Its morphology, or the way in which it is 

 supposed to be constructed out of a leaf ; its use, viz. to produce, 297. FoUen. 

 298. Structure of pollen-grains. 299. Some of their forms. 



LESSON XVin. Morphology of Pistils p. 116. 



300. Pistils as to position. 301. As to number. 302. Their parts; Ovary, 

 style, and stigma. 303, 304. Plan of a pistil, whether simple or compound. 

 305, 306. The simple pistil, or Carpel, and how it answers to a leaf. 307. Its 

 sutures. 308. The Placenta. 309. The Simple Pistil, one-celled, 310. and with 

 one style. 311,312. The Compound Pistil, how composed. 313. Witli two or 

 more cells : 314. their placentse in the axis : 315. their dissepiments or parti- 

 tions. 316, 317. One-celled compound pistils. 318. With u free central pla- 

 centa. 319, 320. With parietal placentae. 321. Ovary superior or inferioi-. 

 322. Open or Gymnospeiinons, pistil : Naked-seeded plants. 323. Ovules. 324. 

 Their stractture. 325, 326. Their kinds illush-ated. 



LESSON XIX. Morphology of the Receptacle p. 124. 



327. The Receptacle or Torus. 328 - 330. Some of its foi-ms illusti-ated. 

 331. The Disk. 332. Curious form of the receptacle in Nelumbium. 



LESSON XX The Frwit. p. 126. 



333. What the Fruit consists of. 334. Fruits which are not such in a strict 

 botanical sense. 335. Simple Fruits. 336, 337. The Pericai-p, and the changes 

 it may undergo. 338 Kinds of simple fraits. 339. Fleshy fruits. 340 The 

 Ben-y. 341. The Pepo or Ground-fruit. 342. The Pome or Apple-fruit. 343- 

 315. The Drupe or Stone-fruit. 346. Dry fruits. 347. The Achenium : nature 

 of the Straw^eiTv. 348. Rasjiben-y and Blackberry. 349. Fruit in the Com- 

 posite Family : Pappus. 3.50. The Utricle. 351. The Caryopsis or Grain. 352. 

 Tiie Nut ; Cuimle. 353. The Samara or Key-fruit. 354. The Capsule or Pod. 

 355. The Follicle. 356. The. Lefrume and Loment. 357. The true Capsule. 

 358, 359. Dehiscence, its kinds. 361. The Silique. 362. The Silicle. 363. Tha 

 Pyxis. 864. Multiple or Collective Fruits. 365. The Strobile or Cone. 



