CONTENTS. 



xix 



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til. Delineation of Characters, - 151 



A. On Generic Characters, - 152 



B. On Specific Characters> * 154« 

 IV. Description of Plants, - 157 



V. Synonymy, - - - 161 



VI. On the Form of Botanical Works, - 163 



A. Monographs, - ibi 



VII. Floras, - - * l64 

 VIII. Descriptions of Gardens, - l66 



IX. Plates of Plants, - l67 



X. Genetal Works, - - 168 

 XI. On Collections of Plants, ^ - 169 



PART IV. 



PUVTONOMY, OR ON THE STRUCTURE AND 

 NATURE OF PLANTS. 



CHAP. I. Phytotomy, oh Ai^AxoMY of Plants, - 173 



I. On the Structure of Plants in general, - ib. 



A. On Cellular Texture> - - 175 



B. On the Sap-Tubes, ^ 176 



C. On the Spiral Vessels, - - I77 

 . ^ ll. On the Structure of Roots* - isi 

 ; t ill* On the Structure of the Stemi " ^ 184, 



IV. On the Structure of Buds, - igi 



, , V. On the Structure of Leaves, - ip5 



VI. On the Structure of Blossoms, m 205 

 Vil. On the Structure of the Sexual Organs, 212 



CHAP. II. Pytochemy, or Doctrine of the Compo- 

 sition OF Plants, - - gig 

 I. General Remarks, - ^ 

 II. On the Common Sap, - 223 

 III. More Intimate Constituents of Vegetables, 229 



CHAP. III. P ROPER PitYTONOMY, OR ON THE LiFE OF 



Plants, 



L Effects of Stimuli, - a - ^38 

 II. Other Proofs of the Higher Life of Plants, 246 



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