CONTENTS. 



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Introduction xi 



I. Outlines of Botany, with Special Reference to Local Floras . xi 

 Chap. I. Definitions and Descriptive Botany xi 



§ 1. The Plant in General xii 



§ 2. The Root xiv 



§ 3. The Stock • xiv 



§ 4. The Stem xv 



§ 5. The Leaves xvi 



§ 6. Scales, Bracts, and Stipules xx 



§ 7. Inflorescence and its Bracts xxi 



§ 8. The Flower in General xxiii 



§ 9. The Calyx and Corolla or Perianth xxv 



§ 10. The Stamens xxvii 



§ 11. The Pistil xxviii 



§ 12. The Receptacle and Relative Attachment of the Floral Whorls . xxxi 



§13. The Fruit xxxii 



§ 14. The Seed xxxiv 



§ 15. Accessory Organs xxxv 



Chap. II. Classification, or Systematic Botany xxxvi 



Chap. III. Vegetable Anatomy and Physiology xxxviii 



§ 1. Structure of the Elementary Tissues xxxviii 



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



Organs of Plants xl 



§ 3. Growth of the Organs xlii 



§ 4. Functions of the Organs xliv 



Chap. IV. Collection, Preseryation, and Determination of 



Plants xlv 



II. Index of Terms, or Glossary Hi 



III. Arrangement of the Text and Abbreviations lvii 



IV. Analytical Key to the Natural Orders and Anomalous 



Genera of the British Flora lix 



V. Arrangement of the Natural Orders in the present 



Work lxix 



Flora : 



Class I. Dicotyledons to Composite, inclusive . . . Vol. I. p. 1 to 504 



,, Campanulaceae to the end Vol. II. p. 505 



Class II. Monocotyledons 774 



Class III. Cryptogams 1017 



Index of Names 1063 



