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ELEMENTARY BOTANY
PREFACE.
TABLE OF CONTENTS.
PART I. PHYSIOLOGY.
CHAPTER I. PROTOPLASM. [1]
Protoplasm in spirogyra.
Protoplasm in mucor.
Protoplasm in nitella.
CHAPTER II. ABSORPTION, DIFFUSION, OSMOSE.
CHAPTER III. HOW PLANTS OBTAIN WATER.
CHAPTER IV. TRANSPIRATION, OR THE LOSS OF WATER BY PLANTS.
CHAPTER V. PATH OF MOVEMENT OF WATER IN PLANTS.
CHAPTER VI. MECHANICAL USES OF WATER.
CHAPTER VII. STARCH AND SUGAR FORMATION.
1. The Gases Concerned.
2. Where Starch is Formed.
3. Chlorophyll and the Formation of Starch.
CHAPTER VIII. STARCH AND SUGAR CONCLUDED. ANALYSIS OF PLANT SUBSTANCE.
1. Translocation of Starch.
2. Sugar, and Digestion of Starch.[9]
3. Rough Analysis of Plant Substance.
CHAPTER IX. HOW PLANTS OBTAIN THEIR FOOD. I.
1. Sources of Plant Food.
2. Parasites and Saprophytes.
3. How Fungi Obtain their Food.
4. Mycorhiza.
5. Nitrogen gatherers.
6. Lichens.
CHAPTER X. HOW PLANTS OBTAIN THEIR FOOD, II.
Seedlings.
Digestion.
CHAPTER XI. RESPIRATION.
CHAPTER XII. GROWTH.
CHAPTER XIII. IRRITABILITY.
PART II. MORPHOLOGY AND LIFE HISTORY OF REPRESENTATIVE PLANTS.
CHAPTER XIV. SPIROGYRA.
CHAPTER XV. VAUCHERIA.
CHAPTER XVI. ŒDOGONIUM.
CHAPTER XVII. COLEOCHÆTE.
CHAPTER XVIII. CLASSIFICATION AND ADDITIONAL STUDIES OF THE ALGÆ.
CHAPTER XIX. FUNGI: MUCOR AND SAPROLEGNIA.
CHAPTER XX. FUNGI CONTINUED.
CHAPTER XXI. THE HIGHER FUNGI.
CHAPTER XXII. CLASSIFICATION OF THE FUNGI.
CHAPTER XXIII. LIVERWORTS (HEPATICÆ).
Riccia.
Marchantia.
CHAPTER XXIV. LIVERWORTS CONTINUED.
Leafy-stemmed liverworts.
The Horned Liverworts.[25]
Classification of the Liverworts.
CHAPTER XXV. MOSSES (MUSCI).
Classification of the Mosses.
CHAPTER XXVI. FERNS.
CHAPTER XXVII. FERNS CONTINUED.
Gametophyte of ferns.
Sporophyte.
CHAPTER XXVIII. DIMORPHISM OF FERNS.
CHAPTER XXIX. HORSETAILS.
CHAPTER XXX. CLUB MOSSES.
CHAPTER XXXI. QUILLWORTS (ISOETES).
CHAPTER XXXII. COMPARISON OF FERNS AND THEIR RELATIVES.
Classification of the Pteridophytes.
CHAPTER XXXIII. GYMNOSPERMS.
CHAPTER XXXIV. FURTHER STUDIES ON GYMNOSPERMS.
Cycas.
Class Gymnospermæ.
CHAPTER XXXV. MORPHOLOGY OF THE ANGIOSPERMS: TRILLIUM; DENTARIA.
Trillium.
Dentaria.
CHAPTER XXXVI. GAMETOPHYTE AND SPOROPHYTE OF ANGIOSPERMS.
CHAPTER XXXVII. MORPHOLOGY OF THE NUCLEUS AND SIGNIFICANCE OF GAMETOPHYTE AND SPOROPHYTE.
PART III. PLANT MEMBERS IN RELATION TO ENVIRONMENT.
CHAPTER XXXVIII. THE ORGANIZATION OF THE PLANT.
I. Organization of Plant Members.[37]
II. Organization of Plant Tissues.
CHAPTER XXXIX. THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF STEMS. WINTER SHOOTS AND BUDS.
I. Erect Stems.
II. Creeping, Climbing, and Floating Stems.
III. Specialized Shoots and Shoots for Storage of Food.[40]
IV. Annual Growth and Winter Protection of Shoots and Buds.[41]
CHAPTER XL. FOLIAGE LEAVES.
I. General Form and Arrangement of Leaves.
II. Protective Modification of Leaves.
III. Protective Positions.
IV. Relation of Leaves to Light.
V. Leaf Patterns.
CHAPTER XLI. THE ROOT.
I. Function of Roots.
II. Kinds of Roots.
CHAPTER XLII. THE FLORAL SHOOT.
I. The Parts of the Flower.
II. Kinds of Flowers.
III. Arrangement of Flowers, or Mode of Inflorescence.
CHAPTER XLIII. POLLINATION.
CHAPTER XLIV. THE FRUIT.
I. Parts of the Fruit.
II. Indehiscent Fruits.
III. Dehiscent Fruits.
IV. Fleshy and Juicy Fruits.
V. Reinforced, or Accessory, Fruits.
VI. Fruits of Gymnosperms.
VII. The “Fruit” of Ferns, Mosses, etc.
CHAPTER XLV. SEED DISPERSAL.
CHAPTER XLVI. VEGETATION IN RELATION TO ENVIRONMENT.[47]
CHAPTER XLVII. CLASSIFICATION OF THE ANGIOSPERMS.
INDEX.
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