VUl CONTENTS. 



Chapter XIII.— Examination of Spadiceous Plants — Indian 



Turnip— Calla IT^ 



Chapter XIV. — Examination of Glumaoeous Plants — Timo- 

 thy and other Grasses 78 



'^MATTKR XV.— Common Characteristics of the Plants just 



Examined — Structure of the Seed in Monocotyledons ... 84 



Chapter XVL-^-Examination of Coniferous Plants — White 



Pine — Ground Hemlock . , 87 



Chapter XVII. — Morphology of Boots, Stems, and Foliage-,^ 



Leaves of phanerogams 93 



Chapter XVIII. — Morphology of Flower-Leaves — Inflor- 

 escenoe^The Calyx — The Corolla- -The Stamens — 

 The Pistil— The Fruit— The Seed— Germination ... . 123 



Chapter XIX. — On' the Minute Structure of Plants^The 

 'Cell — ^ Tissues — Tissue -Systems — Exogenous and^ 

 Endogenous Stems 156 



Chapter XX. — Food of Plants — Chemical Processes — 



Movements of Water — Phenomena of Growth "^ 177 



Chapter XXI. — Examinatiou'of a Fern — A Horsetail — A 



Club-Moss ,...l 184 



Chapter XXn. — Examination of a Moss and a Liverwort... 190 

 Chapter XXIII.^— Examination of a Mushroom — A Lifchen 



— A Chara 196 



Chapter XXIV.— Classification of Plants according to the 



Nature System 206 



Index, 216 



