Elements of Structural and Systematic Botany

Contents: Preface. 1. Introduction. 2. The cell. 3. Classification of plants. 4. Algae. 5. Green Algae (Continued). 6. The Brown Algae (Phaeophyceae). 7. The Red Algae (Rhodophyceae). 8. Fungi. 9. The True Fungi (Mycomycetes). 10. True Fungi (Continued). 11. Bryophytes. 12. Pteridophytes. 13. Classification of the Pteridophytes. 14. Spermaphytes. 15. Spermaphytes (Continued). 16. Classification of the Monocotyledons. 17. Dicotyledons. 18. Classification of Dicotyledons. 19. Classification of Dicotyledons (Continued). 20. Fertilization of flowers. 21. Histological methods. Reference books.

From the Preface: "The aim of this book is not, however, merely the identification of plants. The authors wish here to enter a strong protest against the only too prevalent idea that the chief aim of botany is the ability to run down a plant by means of an "Analytical Key", the subject being exhausted as soon as the name of the plant is discovered. A knowledge of the plant itself is far more important than its name, however desirable it may be to know the latter. This book will serve as a help in the study of the actual specimens.

If this volume serves to give the students some comprehension of the real aims of botanical science, and its claims to be something more than the "Analysis" of flowers, it will have fulfilled its mission."