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The Anatomy of Plants

The Anatomy of Plants

by Nehemiah Grew

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Author
Grew, Nehemiah, 1641-1712
Title
The anatomy of plants : With an idea of a philosophical history of plants, and several other lectures, read before the Royal Society
Original Publication
London: Nehemiah Grew, 1682.
Credits
Carol Brown, Chris Curnow and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
Language
English
LoC Class
QK: Science: Botany
Subject
Botany -- Pre-Linnean works
Category
Text
Project Gutenberg
eBook-No. 77434
Release Date
December 9, 2025
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.Untitled
  2. 2.Untitled
  3. 3.THE ANATOMY OF PLANTS.
  4. 4.Untitled
  5. 5.THE PREFACE.
  6. 6.AN IDEA OF A Philosophical History OF PLANTS.
  7. 7.Untitled
  8. 8.Untitled
  9. 9.Untitled
  10. 10.THE ANATOMY OF PLANTS,
  11. 11.Untitled
  12. 12.Untitled
  13. 13.THE CONTENTS.
  14. 14.CHAP. I. — Of the Seed in its State of Vegetation.
  15. 15.CHAP. II. — Of the ROOT.
  16. 16.CHAP. III. — Of the TRUNK.
  17. 17.An Appendix.
  18. 18.CHAP. IV. — Of the GERMEN, BRANCH, and LEAF.
  19. 19.An Appendix.
  20. 20.CHAP. V. — Of the FLOWER.
  21. 21.CHAP. VI. — Of the FRUIT.
  22. 22.CHAP. VII. — Of the SEED , in its State of Generation.
  23. 23.Untitled
  24. 24.Untitled
  25. 25.THE CONTENTS.
  26. 26.The SECOND PART.
  27. 27.Book 2 Part 1
  28. 28.CHAP. I. — Of the ORIGINAL, FIGURES, MOTIONS, and AGES of ROOTS.
  29. 29.CHAP. II. — Of the SKIN.
  30. 30.CHAP. III. — Of the BARQUE.
  31. 31.CHAP. IV. — Of the WOOD.
  32. 32.CHAP. V. — Of the PITH.
  33. 33.Book 2 Part 2
  34. 34.Book 3-Anatomy of Trunks
  35. 35.Dedication Book 3
  36. 36.THE CONTENTS.
  37. 37.CHAP. I. — The Descriptions of several Trunks, as they appear to the bare Eye.
  38. 38.CHAP. II. — Of the Barque, as it appears through a good Microscope.
  39. 39.CHAP. III. — Of the WOOD.
  40. 40.CHAP. IV. — Of the PITH.
  41. 41.Book 3 Part 2-Vegetation of Trunks
  42. 42.CHAP. I. — Of the Motion and Course of the Sap.
  43. 43.CHAP. II. — Of the Motion and Course of the Aer.
  44. 44.CHAP. III. — Of the Structure of the Parts.
  45. 45.CHAP. IV. — Of the Generation of Liquors.
  46. 46.CHAP. V. — Of the Figuration of Trunks.
  47. 47.CHAP. VI. — Of the Motions of Trunks.
  48. 48.CHAP. VII. — Of the Nature of Timber or Trunks, as they serve for Mechanick Use.
  49. 49.Book 4 - Anatomy of Leaves, Flowers, Fruits and Seeds
  50. 50.Book 4 - Contents of First Part
  51. 51.Book 4 - Dedication
  52. 52.The Anatomy of Leaves, Part 1
  53. 53.CHAP. I. — Of the Protections and Folds of Leaves.
  54. 54.CHAP. II. — Of those things which appear upon the Surface of the Leaf.
  55. 55.CHAP. III. — Of the Figure of the Leaf; and the Apparent Position of the Fibres.
  56. 56.CHAP. IV. — Of the Parts and Texture of the Leaf.
  57. 57.CHAP. V. — Of the Duration of Leaves, and the Time of their Generation.
  58. 58.CHAP. VI. — Of the Manner of the Generation of the Leaf. Where also, that of the Two General Parts of a Plant, sc. the Lignous and Parenchymous, is further explain’d.
  59. 59.Book 4-Anatomy of Flowers
  60. 60.Book 4 Part 2 Contents
  61. 61.CHAP. I. — Of the EMPALEMENT.
  62. 62.CHAP. II. — Of the FOLIATURE.
  63. 63.CHAP. III. — Of the Attire, and first of that sort which may be called Seminiform.
  64. 64.CHAP. IV. — Of the FLORID ATTIRE.
  65. 65.CHAP. V. — Of the Use of the Attire.
  66. 66.CHAP. VI. — Of the Time of the Generation of the Flower.
  67. 67.The Appendix. — Being a Method proposed, for the ready finding, by the Leaf and Flower, to what Sort any Plant belongeth.
  68. 68.Book 4, Part 3, Anatomy of Fruits
  69. 69.Book 4 Part 3, Contents
  70. 70.Book 4, Part 3 - Anatomy of Fruits — CHAP. I. — Of the APPLE; and of the LIMON, and CUCUMER, the Fruits of Plants vulgarly called POMIFEROUS.
  71. 71.CHAP. II. — Of the PEAR and QUINCE.
  72. 72.CHAP. III. — Of the PLUM, and some other Fruits of the same Kindred.
  73. 73.CHAP. IV. — Of the GRAPE, and HAZEL-NUT; with some other Fruits, analogous to each of them.
  74. 74.CHAP. V. — Of the SEED-CASE or MEMBRANEOUS UTERUS.
  75. 75.CHAP. VI. — Of the USE of the Parts to the Fruit.
  76. 76.CHAP. VII. — Of the USE of the Parts to the Seed. And the TIME, in which the Uterus or Fruit and Seed-Case are formed.
  77. 77.Book 4, Part 4, Anatomy of Seeds
  78. 78.Book 4 Part 4, Contents
  79. 79.CHAP. I. — Of the FIGURES of Seeds.
  80. 80.CHAP. II. — Of the NUMBER and MOTIONS of Seeds.
  81. 81.CHAP. III. — Of the several COVERS of Seeds, and of the VITELLUM.
  82. 82.CHAP. IV. — Of the FOETUS or true SEED: and first of the RADICLE and LOBES.
  83. 83.CHAP. V. — Of the BUDS of Seeds. And of the PARTS, of which these, the Radicle, and Lobes are compounded.
  84. 84.CHAP. VI. — Of the GENERATION of the SEED.
  85. 85.Several Lectures
  86. 86.Titles of Lectures
  87. 87.Dedication
  88. 88.Lecture on Mixture
  89. 89.CHAP. I. — Of the received Doctrine of Mixture.
  90. 90.CHAP. II. — Of the Principles of Bodies.
  91. 91.CHAP. III. — Of the NATURE of Mixture.
  92. 92.CHAP. IV. — Of the CAUSES of Mixture.
  93. 93.CHAP. V. — Of the POWER and USE of Mixture.
  94. 94.An Appendix to the precedent discourse of Mixture.
  95. 95.Lecture II. - Luctation
  96. 96.CHAP. I. — What is generally to be observed upon the Affusion of the Menstruum; and what, particularly of Vegetable Bodies.
  97. 97.CHAP. II. — What may be observed of MINERALS.
  98. 98.CHAP. III. — What may be observed of the PARTS of Animals.
  99. 99.Lecture III. - Lixivial Salt
  100. 100.CHAP. I. — Of the QUANTITIES afforded by several Plants calcined in gross.
  101. 101.CHAP. II. — Of the QUANTITIES afforded by the Parts of several Plants distinctly calcin’d.
  102. 102.Lecture IV. - Marine salts
  103. 103.CHAP. I. — In which is shewed the way of making both an ESSENTIAL and a MARINE Salt, out of the LIXIVIAL Salt of a Plant.
  104. 104.CHAP. II. — Wherein is shewed, That the said ESSENTIAL and MARINE Salts of Plants are both of different Sorts.
  105. 105.Lecture V. - Colours of Plants
  106. 106.CHAP. I. — Of the COLOURS of Plants in their Natural Estate.
  107. 107.CHAP. II. — Of the COLOURS of Plants by Infusion.
  108. 108.CHAP. III. — Of the COLOURS of Plants produced by their Mixture with other Bodies.
  109. 109.Lecture VI - Tasts in Plants
  110. 110.CHAP. I. — Of the several Sorts of SIMPLE and COMPOUNDED Tasts; and the DEGREES of both.
  111. 111.CHAP. II. — Of the DURATION and several TERMES of Tasts.
  112. 112.CHAP. III. — Of the SUBJECT or SEAT of Tasts.
  113. 113.CHAP. IV. — Of the CAUSES of Tasts.
  114. 114.CHAP. V. — Of the Judgment which may be made of the VIRTUES of Plants, from their Tasts.
  115. 115.An Appendix. — Of the ODOURS of Plants.
  116. 116.Lecture VII. - Salts in Water
  117. 117.CHAP. I. — In which is shewed, the Compleat or Utmost Impregnation of WATER with several kinds of Salt, both together, and apart.
  118. 118.CHAP. II. — In which is shewed, that by the Solution of Salts in Water, some certain space, more or less, is gained. That the space is different according to the Nature of the Salt. And what the just space is, which is gained.
  119. 119.CHAP. III. — Wherein, from the Experiments in the foregoing Chapter, is shewed, the Cause of the Motion of the Mercury in the BAROMETER.
  120. 120.INDEX
  121. 121.THE EXPLICATION OF THE TABLES,
  122. 122.Tables

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