AN INTRODUCTION TO STRUCTURAL BOTANY PART I FLOWERING PLANTS BY
DUKINFIELD HENRY SCOTT M. A., LL. D., P. SC, F. B. 8., F. L. S., F.
Q. S. LATELY HONORARY KBKlKR OP TUB JODRBLL LABORATORY, ROYAL
HOTANIO OARDBNB, KRW AUTHOR OF STUDIES IK FOSSIL BOTANY AND THK
KVOLUT1ON OF PLANTS WITH 117 FIGURES IN TUE TEXT AND A GLOSSARY
NINTH EDITION A. C. BLACK, LTD. 4, 5 6 SOHO SQUARE, LONDON, W. 1917
All RigUs Reserved BY THE SAME AUTHOR. FLOWERLESS PLANTS. Uniform
with this Volume, Sixth Edition, with 120 Illustrations. STUDIES IN
FOSSIL BOTANY. Second Edition. Largo Crown 8vo, cloth. With 213
Illustrations. Price 10s. 6d. net. Or in Two Volumes. Vol. I. 6s.
net. Vol. II. f s. net. For Press Notices of both the above, see
end of book. FIRST EDITION, published April 1894 SECOND EDITION,
November 1895 THIRD EDITION, April 1896 FOURTH EDITION, June 1897
FIFTH EDITION, June 1899 SIXTH EDITION, February 1902 Reprinted
January 1906 SKVBSTH EDITION, January 1909 EIGHTH EDITION, November
1912 NINTH EDITION, April 1917. NOTE TO THE NINTH EDITION IN this
edition several emendations of a minor character have been made,
chiefly at the suggestion of a correspondent. A Glossary of the
botanical terms used in the volume has been added. In preparing
this I have frequently had occasion to consult Dr. Daydon Jacksons
well-known Glossary of Botanic Terms and the Glossary to Kemer and
Olivers Natural History of Plants. D. H. SCOTT. February 1, 1917.
NOTE TO THE EIGHTH EDITION IN this issue the principal change is in
the account of the transition from stem to root in the Wallflower
pp. 79-81. This has been thoroughly revised in accordance with the
unpublished observations of Mr. A. G. Tansley and Miss E. N.
Thomas. Iam much indebted to Miss Thomas for her help in this
matter, and especially for the new Figure 31, which she has kindly
drawn for me from one of her sections of the transitional region.
D. H. SCOTT. October 18, 1912. PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION THIS
book is intended as a first guide to the study oi the structure of
plants. Botany is now taught in schools of all kinds, and wherever
Botany is taught it has become customary to expect some knowledge
of the construction of plants, and of the function of their organs.
All that I have aimed at in this book is to secure that such
knowledge, when first acquired, shall be correct as far as it goes.
My purpose has been to write an Introduction to Structural Botany,
not a manual of Botany in general. It is absolutely necessary that
schoolboys and girls, if they are to learn this science at all,
should also gain a knowledge of plants in the field. For this part
of the work a guide is necessary, and some such book as Professor
Olivers Lessons in Elementary Botany is indispensabla The
type-system has been adopted, as far as practicable, because it
seems better to gain as thorough a knowledge as possible of a few
plants, rather than to acquire mere scraps of information about a
larger number. The types have been specially in vestigated for the
purpose of thiB book, and many of vii viii PREFACE the figures are
original. 1 For the rest, the authority ia cited. An effort has
been made to point out those structural characters which are of
wide importance, as distinguished from those which are peculiar to
the type, or its nearer allies. The subject-matter is not always
easy, and some parts of the book will riot be followed without
close attention. There isreally no reason why Natural Science
should be regarded in schools as a specially easy suljj t. If
Science is to be taken seriously, it rather seems desirable that
those who study it should have to use their brains as much as in
learning Euclid, Algebra, or Grammar. If any real knowledge of the
subject is to be gained, practical work is essential. It is
expected that the teacher should have sufficient training to be
able to demonstrate to his class most of the structural features
described in the book...
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