The Elements of Botany, For Beginners and For Schools
by Asa Gray
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Chapters (268)(click to expand)
- THE ELEMENTS OF BOTANY
- PREFACE.
- CONTENTS.
- Section I. INTRODUCTORY.
- FOOTNOTES:
- Section II. FLAX AS A PATTERN PLANT.
- Section III. MORPHOLOGY OF SEEDLINGS.
- Section IV. GROWTH FROM BUDS: BRANCHING.
- Section V. ROOTS.
- Section VI. STEMS.
- Section VII. LEAVES.
- § 1. LEAVES AS FOLIAGE.
- § 2. LEAVES OF SPECIAL CONFORMATION AND USE.
- § 3. STIPULES.
- § 4. THE ARRANGEMENT OF LEAVES.
- Section VIII. FLOWERS.
- § 1. POSITION AND ARRANGEMENT OF FLOWERS, OR INFLORESCENCE.
- § 2. PARTS OR ORGANS OF THE FLOWER.
- § 3. PLAN OF FLOWER.
- § 4. MODIFICATIONS OF THE TYPE.
- § 5. ARRANGEMENT OF PARTS IN THE BUD.
- Section IX. STAMENS IN PARTICULAR.
- Section X. PISTILS IN PARTICULAR.
- § 1. ANGIOSPERMOUS OR ORDINARY GYNŒCIUM.
- § 2. GYMNOSPERMOUS GYNŒCIUM.
- Section XI. OVULES.
- Section XII. MODIFICATIONS OF THE RECEPTACLE.
- Section XIII. FERTILIZATION.
- § 1. ADAPTATIONS FOR POLLINATION OF THE STIGMA.
- § 2. ACTION OF POLLEN, AND FORMATION OF THE EMBRYO.
- FOOTNOTES:
- Section XIV. THE FRUIT.
- Section XV. THE SEED.
- Section XVI. VEGETABLE LIFE AND WORK.
- § 1. ANATOMICAL STRUCTURE AND GROWTH.
- § 2. CELL-CONTENTS.
- § 3. ANATOMY OF ROOTS AND STEMS.
- § 4. ANATOMY OF LEAVES.
- § 5. PLANT FOOD AND ASSIMILATION.
- § 6. PLANT WORK AND MOVEMENT.
- Section XVII. CRYPTOGAMOUS OR FLOWERLESS PLANTS.
- FOOTNOTES:
- SECTION XVIII. CLASSIFICATION AND NOMENCLATURE.
- § 1. KINDS AND RELATIONSHIP.
- § 2. NAMES, TERMS, AND CHARACTERS.
- § 3. SYSTEM.
- SECTION XIX. BOTANICAL WORK.
- § 1. COLLECTION, OR HERBORIZATION.
- § 2. HERBARIUM.
- § 3. INVESTIGATION AND DETERMINATION OF PLANTS.
- § 4. SIGNS AND ABBREVIATIONS.
- FOOTNOTES:
- ABBREVIATIONS OF THE NAMES OF BOTANISTS.
- GLOSSARY AND INDEX,
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