CONTENTS VU 



CHAPTER IX 



BRANCH m. oOphyta: the egg spore plants. 



General Characters. ZoOsporese; Volvox. CEdogonieee. Coelo- 

 blastese; the Green-Felts; the Water-Moulds; the Fly-Fuugus; 

 the Mildews and White- Rusts. The Rockweeds 130 



CHAPTER X 



BRANCH IT. CARPOPHTTA: THE SPORE-FRtTIT PLANTS. 



General Characters. Coleoohaetese. The Red Seaweeds. The 

 Sac-Fungi; the Blights and their Allies; the Truffles; the Cup- 

 Fungi and their Allies; the Black-Fungi; the Lichens; the 

 Rusts; the Smuts. The Puffl-Balls and Toadstools. The Stone- 

 worts 148 



CHAPTER XI. 



BRANCH V. BRTOPHTTA: THE M0S8W0RTS. 



General Characters. The Liverworts. The Mosses 183 



CHAPTER XII. 



BRANCH TL PTBRIDOPHTTA: THE EERNWORTS. 



General Characters. The Horsetails. The Ferns; the True 

 Ferns; the Ringless Ferns; the Adder-Tongues; the Pepper- 

 worts. The Lycopods; the CIub-Mosses; the Little Club- 

 Mosses; the Quillworts 194 



CHAPTER XIII. 



BRANCH VII. PHANEROGAMrA: THE FLOWERING PLANTS. 



General Characters. The Gyranosperms; the Cycads; the 

 Conifers; the Joint-Firs. The Angiospe'rms; the Monocotyle- 

 dons; the Dicotyledons ; 21S 



Index 379 



Appendix , ,,.,,, 393 



