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BOOK I.
ORGANOGBAPHY; OR, OF THE STRUCTURE OF PLANTS
CHAP. I. Of the Elementary Organs
1. Of Cellular Tissue
2. Of Woody Fibre
3. Of Vascular Tissue
4. Of Spurious Elementary Organs:
1. Intercellular Passages
2. Receptacles of Secretion
4. Air Cells
4. Raphides
CHAP. II. Of the Compound Organs in Flowering Plants
1. Of the Cuticle and its Appendages:
1. Cuticle
2. Stomata
3. Hairs
4. Scales
5. Glands
6. Prickles
2. Of the Stem or Ascending Axis:
1. Of its Parts
2. Of its External Modifications
3. Of its Internal Modifications
1. Of the Exogenous Structure
2. Of the Endogenous Structure
3. Of the Root or Descending Axis
4. Of the Appendages of the Axis
1. Leaf
2. Stipulm
3. Bractem
4. Flower
5. Inflorescence
6. Calyx
7. Corolla
8. Stamens
9. Disk
10. Pistillum
11. Receptacle
12. Ovulam
13. Fruit
14. Seed
15. Naked Seeds
CHAP. III. Of the Compound Organs in Flowerless Plants
1. Ferns
2. Equisetace
z. Lycopodiace
4. Marsileace
5. Mosses
6. Hepatic
7. Lichens
8. Alg
9. Fungi
BOOK II.
PHYSIOLOGY ; OR, PLANTS CONSIDERED IN A STATE OF ACTION
CHAP. I. Elementary Organs
II. Root
III. Sap
IV. Pith, Wood, and Bark
V. Leaves
VI. Bracte, Calyx, Corolla, and Disk
VII. Stamens and Pistillum
VIII. Fruit
IX. Seeds
X. Colour, Smell, and Taste
XI. Directions
XII. Irritability
XIII. Poisons
XIV. Diseases
XV. Hybrid Plants
XVI. Flowerless Plants
BOOK III.
TAXONOMY; OR, OF THE PRINCIPLES OF CLASSIFICATION.
CHAP. I. General Objects of Classification
II. Artificial Arrangements
III. Natural System
IV. Speculative Modes of Arrangement
V. Value of Characters
VI. Species, Varieties, Genera, Orders, and Classes
BOOK IV.
GLOSSOLOGY ; OR, OF THE ADJECTIVE TERblS USED IN BOTANY
CLASS I. Of Individual Terms
1. Of Individual Absolute Terms:
1. Figure
2. Division
3. Surface
4. Texture or Substance
5. Size
6. Duration
7. Colour
8. Variegation or Marking
9. Veining
2. Of Individual Relative Terms:
1. AEstivation
2. Direction
3. Insertion, or Origin
CLASS II. Of Collective Terms:
1. Of Arrangement
2. Of Number
CLASS III. Of Terms of Qualification
Signs
Abbreviations
BOOK V.
PHYTOGRAPHY; OR; OF THE RULES TO BE OBSERVED IN DESCRIBING AND NAMING PLANTS
CHAP. I. Diagnoses ; or, Generic and Specific Characters
II. Descriptions
III. Punctuation
IV. Nomenclature and Terminology
V. Synonyms
VI. Herbaria
VII. Botanical Drawings
BOOK VI.
GEOGRAPHY ; OR, THE DISTRIBUTION OF PLANTS UPON TIlE SURPAC OF THE GLOBE
BOOK VII.
MORPHOLOGY; OR, OF THE METAMORPHOSIS OF ORGANS
CHAP. I. Regular Metamorphosis
II. Irregular Metamorphosis
EXPLANATION OF THE PLATES
INDEX:
1. Substantives
2. Adjectives