Table of Contents

Foreword to the second edition S. M. Walters; Preface; Note to the second edition; Acknowledgements; Signs and abbreviations; Systematic grouping of plants; Authorities; Introduction; Part 1. Families in Systematic Order: 1. Dicotyledons; 2. Monocotyledons; Comparative Tables; Table of family characters; Less common family characters; Approximate flowering times; Glossary; Leaf shapes (simple leaves); Leaf shapes (compound leaves); Petioles and points of attachment; Leaf margins; Cymose inflorescences; Racemose inflorescences; References; Index to families and genera.

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This book is designed to enable students of botany to gain some knowledge of the relationships between families of plants.