Descriptive Botany: A Practical Guide to the Classification of Plants, with a Popular Flora (Appleton's Science Text-Books)

xxvi, 348 pp. 10 pages of publisher ads follow text. Black-and-white illustrations. CONTENTS: Introduction; Directions for Study; An Explanation of the Abbreviations Used in the Botanical Charts; The Leaf; Roots and Stems; The Inflorescence and Flower; Comparing and Classifying Plants: The Minute Study of the Essential Organs of Plants; The Pistil; Floral Symmetry, Phyllotaxy, Prefloration, Cymose, Inflorescence; The Compositae; The Cruciferae; The Umbelliferae; The Labiatae; The Coniferae; The Orchidaceae; The Gramineae; Flowerless Plants; Systematic Botany.