Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Frontispiece
- Colophon
- Dedication
- Contents
- LETTER XXVI Preliminary—The Magnolia Tribe—The Barberry Tribe
- LETTER XXVII Pistil—The Gooseberry Tribe—The Vine Tribe
- LETTER XXVIII The Pittosporum Tribe—The Milkwort Tribe
- LETTER XXIX The Mignonette Tribe—Disk—The Caper Tribe
- LETTER XXX The Cactus Tribe—The Gourd Tribe
- LETTER XXXI The Begonia Tribe—The Fig-marigold Tribe—Hygrometrical Phenomena connected with the dispersion of Seeds
- LETTER XXXII The Lythrum Tribe— The Rock-rose Tribe—Mode in which the contents of the Pollen-grains are conveyed to the Ovule
- LETTER XXXIII The Tamarisk Tribe—The Sundew Tribe—Hairs of Plants
- LETTER XXXIV Venus' Fly-trap—Aanatomical Structure of Leaves
- LETTER XXXV The Horse-chesnut Tribe—The Walnut Tribe
- LETTER XXXVI The Houseleek Tribe—Purification of the Air by Plants—The Saxifrage Tribe
- LETTER XXXVII The Buck-thorn Tribe—Spines— The Spurge Tribe
- LETTER XXXVIII The Flax Tribe—Abortions—Linen—The Rue Tribe
- LETTER XXXIX The Buckwheat Tribe—The Goosefoot Tribe
- LETTER XL The Mezereum Tribe—The Cinnamon Tribe
- LETTER XLI The Primrose Tribe—The Epacris Tribe
- LETTER XLII The Greek Valerian Tribe—The Trumpet-flower Tribe
- LETTER XLIII The Madder Tribe—The Scabious Tribe
- LETTER XLIV The Jasmine Tribe—The Asclepias Tribe
- LETTER XLV The Birthwort Tribe—The Arum Tribe
- LETTER XLVI Pitcher-plants—Vegetable Anatomy
- LETTER XLVII The Water Plantain Tribe—The Water Lily Tribe
- LETTER XLVIII The Ripe Fruit of a Mango
- LETTER XLIX A Systematic Arrangement of Plants, according to their Natural Relations, or sums of Resemblance
- LETTER L An Artificial Method of discovering with certainty the Natural Order to which a given Plant belongs
- APPENDIX
- INDEX
LETTER XLII - The Greek Valerian Tribe—The Trumpet-flower Tribe
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 June 2015
- Frontmatter
- Frontispiece
- Colophon
- Dedication
- Contents
- LETTER XXVI Preliminary—The Magnolia Tribe—The Barberry Tribe
- LETTER XXVII Pistil—The Gooseberry Tribe—The Vine Tribe
- LETTER XXVIII The Pittosporum Tribe—The Milkwort Tribe
- LETTER XXIX The Mignonette Tribe—Disk—The Caper Tribe
- LETTER XXX The Cactus Tribe—The Gourd Tribe
- LETTER XXXI The Begonia Tribe—The Fig-marigold Tribe—Hygrometrical Phenomena connected with the dispersion of Seeds
- LETTER XXXII The Lythrum Tribe— The Rock-rose Tribe—Mode in which the contents of the Pollen-grains are conveyed to the Ovule
- LETTER XXXIII The Tamarisk Tribe—The Sundew Tribe—Hairs of Plants
- LETTER XXXIV Venus' Fly-trap—Aanatomical Structure of Leaves
- LETTER XXXV The Horse-chesnut Tribe—The Walnut Tribe
- LETTER XXXVI The Houseleek Tribe—Purification of the Air by Plants—The Saxifrage Tribe
- LETTER XXXVII The Buck-thorn Tribe—Spines— The Spurge Tribe
- LETTER XXXVIII The Flax Tribe—Abortions—Linen—The Rue Tribe
- LETTER XXXIX The Buckwheat Tribe—The Goosefoot Tribe
- LETTER XL The Mezereum Tribe—The Cinnamon Tribe
- LETTER XLI The Primrose Tribe—The Epacris Tribe
- LETTER XLII The Greek Valerian Tribe—The Trumpet-flower Tribe
- LETTER XLIII The Madder Tribe—The Scabious Tribe
- LETTER XLIV The Jasmine Tribe—The Asclepias Tribe
- LETTER XLV The Birthwort Tribe—The Arum Tribe
- LETTER XLVI Pitcher-plants—Vegetable Anatomy
- LETTER XLVII The Water Plantain Tribe—The Water Lily Tribe
- LETTER XLVIII The Ripe Fruit of a Mango
- LETTER XLIX A Systematic Arrangement of Plants, according to their Natural Relations, or sums of Resemblance
- LETTER L An Artificial Method of discovering with certainty the Natural Order to which a given Plant belongs
- APPENDIX
- INDEX
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- Ladies' BotanyOr, a Familiar Introduction to the Study of the Natural System of Botany, pp. 164 - 170Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2015First published in: 1837