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The Elements of Botany

The Elements of Botany

by Asa Gray

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Author
Gray, Asa, 1810-1888
Title
The Elements of Botany, For Beginners and For Schools
Credits
Produced by Curtis Weyant, Stephen H. Sentoff and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net
Language
English
LoC Class
QK: Science: Botany
Subject
Plants
Category
Text
eBook-No.
33757
Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/33757
Release Date
September 18, 2010
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.THE ELEMENTS OF BOTANY
  2. 2.PREFACE.
  3. 3.CONTENTS.
  4. 4.Section I. INTRODUCTORY. — FOOTNOTES:
  5. 5.Section II. FLAX AS A PATTERN PLANT.
  6. 6.Section III. MORPHOLOGY OF SEEDLINGS.
  7. 7.Section IV. GROWTH FROM BUDS: BRANCHING.
  8. 8.Section V. ROOTS.
  9. 9.Section VI. STEMS.
  10. 10.Section VII. LEAVES. — § 1. LEAVES AS FOLIAGE. — § 2. LEAVES OF SPECIAL CONFORMATION AND USE. — § 3. STIPULES. — § 4. THE ARRANGEMENT OF LEAVES.
  11. 11.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.
  12. 12.Section IX. STAMENS IN PARTICULAR.
  13. 13.Section X. PISTILS IN PARTICULAR. — § 1. ANGIOSPERMOUS OR ORDINARY GYNŒCIUM. — § 2. GYMNOSPERMOUS GYNŒCIUM.
  14. 14.Section XI. OVULES.
  15. 15.Section XII. MODIFICATIONS OF THE RECEPTACLE.
  16. 16.Section XIII. FERTILIZATION. — § 1. ADAPTATIONS FOR POLLINATION OF THE STIGMA. — § 2. ACTION OF POLLEN, AND FORMATION OF THE EMBRYO. — FOOTNOTES:
  17. 17.Section XIV. THE FRUIT.
  18. 18.Section XV. THE SEED.
  19. 19.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.
  20. 20.Section XVII. CRYPTOGAMOUS OR FLOWERLESS PLANTS. — FOOTNOTES:
  21. 21.SECTION XVIII. CLASSIFICATION AND NOMENCLATURE. — § 1. KINDS AND RELATIONSHIP. — § 2. NAMES, TERMS, AND CHARACTERS. — § 3. SYSTEM.
  22. 22.SECTION XIX. BOTANICAL WORK. — § 1. COLLECTION, OR HERBORIZATION. — § 2. HERBARIUM. — § 3. INVESTIGATION AND DETERMINATION OF PLANTS. — § 4. SIGNS AND ABBREVIATIONS. — FOOTNOTES:
  23. 23.ABBREVIATIONS OF THE NAMES OF BOTANISTS.
  24. 24.GLOSSARY AND INDEX,
  25. 25.Transcriber's Notes.

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