Ancient Plants
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- Being a Simple Account of the past Vegetation of the Earth and of the Recent Important Discoveries Made in This Realm of Nature
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1. Front matter2. ANCIENT PLANTS3. ANCIENT PLANTS4. Preface5. CHAPTER I INTRODUCTORY6. CHAPTER II VARIOUS KINDS OF FOSSIL PLANTS7. CHAPTER III COAL, THE MOST IMPORTANT OF PLANT REMAINS8. CHAPTER IV THE SEVEN AGES OF PLANT LIFE9. CHAPTER V STAGES IN PLANT EVOLUTION10. CHAPTER VI MINUTE STRUCTURE OF FOSSIL PLANTS—LIKENESSES TO LIVING ONES11. CHAPTER VII MINUTE STRUCTURE OF FOSSIL PLANTS—DIFFERENCES FROM LIVING ONES12. CHAPTER VIII PAST HISTORIES OF PLANT FAMILIES I. Flowering Plants, Angiosperms13. CHAPTER IX PAST HISTORIES OF PLANT FAMILIES II. Higher Gymnosperms14. CHAPTER X PAST HISTORIES OF PLANT FAMILIES III. The Bennettitales15. CHAPTER XI PAST HISTORIES OF PLANT FAMILIES IV. The Cycads16. CHAPTER XII PAST HISTORIES OF PLANT FAMILIES V. Pteridosperms17. CHAPTER XIII PAST HISTORIES OF PLANT FAMILIES VI. The Ferns18. CHAPTER XIV PAST HISTORIES OF PLANT FAMILIES VII. The Lycopods19. CHAPTER XV PAST HISTORIES OF PLANT FAMILIES VIII. The Horsetails20. CHAPTER XVI PAST HISTORIES OF PLANT FAMILIES IX. Sphenophyllales21. CHAPTER XVII PAST HISTORIES OF PLANT FAMILIES X. The Lower Plants22. CHAPTER XVIII FOSSIL PLANTS AS RECORDS OF ANCIENT COUNTRIES23. CHAPTER XIX CONCLUSION24. APPENDIX I LIST OF REQUIREMENTS FOR A COLLECTING EXPEDITION25. APPENDIX II TREATMENT OF SPECIMENS26. APPENDIX III LITERATURE27. GLOSSARY28. FOOTNOTES29. INDEX30. Transcriber’s Notes