CONTENTS 
XI 
Pages 
CELL FORMATION AND REPRODUCTION.— Asexual and sexual 
cells. Reproduction defined. Asexual Reproduction: Fission; 
Gemmation; Free Cell Formation; Rejuvenescence. Sexual 
Reproduction: Conjugation and Fertilization 41-43 
INDIRECT NUCLEAR DIVISION 43~45 
NON-PROTOPLASMIC CELL CONTENTS.— Sugars. Starch. Inulin. 
Hesperidin. Strophanthin. Salicin. Saponin. Coniferin. Digi- 
toxin. Characteristics of Glucosides. Alkaloids and their pro- 
perties. The alkaloids, Strychnine, Veratrine, Nicotine, 
Caffeine, Cocaine, Aconitine, Colchicine. Gluco-alkaloids. 
Asparagine. Calcium Oxalate. Cystoliths. Silica. Tannins. 
Proteins. Aleurone Grains. Mucilages and Gums. Fixed Oils 
and Fats. Volatile Oils. Resins. Oleoresins. Gum Resins. 
Balsams. Pigments. Latex. Enzymes. Classification of 
Enzymes 45-64 
CELL WALLS. — Their formation and composition. Growth in area and 
thickness. Various kinds of cell walls and behavior of each to 
micro-chemic reagents 64-66 
CHAPTER VI 
Plant Tissues 
PLANT TISSUES. — Tissue defined. The Tissues of Spermatophytes 
and Pteridophytes: Generative Tissues. List of Tissues . . . 67-68 
MERISTEM. — Definition. Primary and secondary meristems; their 
distribution 68 
PARENCHYMA. — Definition; ordinary parenchyma; assimilation 
parenchyma; conducting parenchyma; reserve parenchyma; 
their distribution and function 69 
COLLENCHYMA. — Definition, function and distribution 70 
SCLERENCHYMA. — Definition; stone cells; sclerenchyma fibers, wood 
fibers; bast fibers; their distribution 70-71 
EPIDERMIS. — Definition; transpiration and water stomata; epidermal 
papillae; trichomes; scales; their distribution and functions . . 71-75 
ENDODERMIS. — Definition, distribution and functions 75 
CORK. — Definition; its derivation, function and distribution 75 
LATICIFEROUS TISSUE. — The structure, origin, distribution of latex 
cells, laticiferous vessels and secretory cells. Latex 75—7 7 
SIEVE (LEPTOME OR CRIBIFORM) TISSUE— Definition; distri- 
bution; function 77 — 78 
