Elementary Botany
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1. Front matter2. PREFACE.3. CHAPTER I. PROTOPLASM. [1]4. CHAPTER II. ABSORPTION, DIFFUSION, OSMOSE.5. CHAPTER III. HOW PLANTS OBTAIN WATER.6. CHAPTER IV. TRANSPIRATION, OR THE LOSS OF WATER BY PLANTS.7. CHAPTER V. PATH OF MOVEMENT OF WATER IN PLANTS.8. CHAPTER VI. MECHANICAL USES OF WATER.9. CHAPTER VII. STARCH AND SUGAR FORMATION.10. CHAPTER VIII. STARCH AND SUGAR CONCLUDED. ANALYSIS OF PLANT SUBSTANCE.11. CHAPTER IX. HOW PLANTS OBTAIN THEIR FOOD. I.12. CHAPTER X. HOW PLANTS OBTAIN THEIR FOOD, II.13. CHAPTER XI. RESPIRATION.14. CHAPTER XII. GROWTH.15. CHAPTER XIII. IRRITABILITY.16. CHAPTER XIV. SPIROGYRA.17. CHAPTER XV. VAUCHERIA.18. CHAPTER XVI. ŒDOGONIUM.19. CHAPTER XVII. COLEOCHÆTE.20. CHAPTER XVIII. CLASSIFICATION AND ADDITIONAL STUDIES OF THE ALGÆ.21. CHAPTER XIX. FUNGI: MUCOR AND SAPROLEGNIA.22. CHAPTER XX. FUNGI CONTINUED.23. CHAPTER XXI. THE HIGHER FUNGI.24. CHAPTER XXII. CLASSIFICATION OF THE FUNGI.25. CHAPTER XXIII. LIVERWORTS (HEPATICÆ).26. CHAPTER XXIV. LIVERWORTS CONTINUED.27. CHAPTER XXV. MOSSES (MUSCI).28. CHAPTER XXVI. FERNS.29. CHAPTER XXVII. FERNS CONTINUED.30. CHAPTER XXVIII. DIMORPHISM OF FERNS.31. CHAPTER XXIX. HORSETAILS.32. CHAPTER XXX. CLUB MOSSES.33. CHAPTER XXXI. QUILLWORTS (ISOETES).34. CHAPTER XXXII. COMPARISON OF FERNS AND THEIR RELATIVES.35. CHAPTER XXXIII. GYMNOSPERMS.36. CHAPTER XXXIV. FURTHER STUDIES ON GYMNOSPERMS.37. CHAPTER XXXV. MORPHOLOGY OF THE ANGIOSPERMS: TRILLIUM; DENTARIA.38. CHAPTER XXXVI. GAMETOPHYTE AND SPOROPHYTE OF ANGIOSPERMS.39. CHAPTER XXXVII. MORPHOLOGY OF THE NUCLEUS AND SIGNIFICANCE OF GAMETOPHYTE AND SPOROPHYTE.40. CHAPTER XXXVIII. THE ORGANIZATION OF THE PLANT.41. CHAPTER XXXIX. THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF STEMS. WINTER SHOOTS AND BUDS.42. CHAPTER XL. FOLIAGE LEAVES.43. CHAPTER XLI. THE ROOT.44. CHAPTER XLII. THE FLORAL SHOOT.45. CHAPTER XLIII. POLLINATION.46. CHAPTER XLIV. THE FRUIT.47. CHAPTER XLV. SEED DISPERSAL.48. CHAPTER XLVI. VEGETATION IN RELATION TO ENVIRONMENT.[47]49. CHAPTER XLVII. CLASSIFICATION OF THE ANGIOSPERMS.50. INDEX.