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Ancient Plants: Being a Simple Account of the past Vegetation of the Earth and of the Recent Important Discoveries Made in This Realm of NatureStopes, Marie Carmichael

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Ancient Plants: Being a Simple Account of the past Vegetation of the Earth and of the Recent Important Discoveries Made in This Realm of Nature

Name: Ancient Plants: Being a Simple Account of the past Vegetation of the Earth and of the Recent Important Discoveries Made in This Realm of Nature
Author: Stopes, Marie Carmichael

Stopes, Marie Carmichael

Paleobotany

— type of seed of, 76, _57_.
  — wood of, 110.
  _Cycas_, 109, 110, _74_.
  — seed-bearing sporophyll of, 111.
  — seeds of, 112, _76_.
  — comparison with Ginkgo seeds, 112.
  Darwin, 181.
  Diatoms, 167, _121_.
  Dicotyledons, 41, 44, 79.
  — relative antiquity of, 81, 82.
  — seed type of, 77, _58_.
  Differentiation, commencement of in simple plants, 48.
  — of tissues in higher plants, 49, _19_, 50 et seq., _20_.


  Embryo of _Ginkgo_, 100.
  — in seeds, 76, _57_, 77, _58_.
  — of _Bennettites_, 106, _73_.
  Endodermis, 55, _26_, 61.
  Environment, 181, 182.
  Epidermal tissues, 54, _21_, _22_, _23_, 125.
  Epidermis cells, fossil impressions of, 13, 14, _8_, 59, _34_, 125.
  Equisetales, 44.
  — general distribution of in time, 177.
  _Equisetites_, 146, _103_.
  _Equisetum_, 9, 38, 40, 44, 145, 149, 152.
  — underground rhizomes of, 43.
  _Eucalyptus_, 83.
  Europe, 87, 102.
  — ancient climates of, 170.
  Evolution, 43.
  — in plants, various degrees of in the organs of the same plant, 45 et
          seq.
  Evolution in plants, cause of, 181.
  — — — suggestions as to possible future lines of, 178.
  Expedition, requirements for collecting, 183.
  Extinct families, 44.


  Ferns, sporangia of, 67, _45_.
  — connection with Pteridosperms, 123.
  — description of group, 124.
  — fructifications of among fossils, 131, 132, _92_.
  — general distribution of in time, 177.
  — germinating spores of, 68, _47_.
  _Ficus_, 83.
  Flotsam, 6.
  Flowering plant, anatomy of stem, 49, _19_.
  Formation of rocks, key to processes, 6.
  Fossil plants, indications of ancient climates and conditions, 168.
  — — diagram illustration the distribution of, 177, _122_.
  Fungi, fossils of, 164.
  — parasitic, _119_, 164, 165, _120_.


  Gamopetalæ, 84.
  Gannister, 25, _14_.
  Geikie, 186.
  _Ginkgo_, leaf impression, 14, 7, 100, _69_.
  — comparison with _Cycas_ seeds, 112.
  — distribution in the past, 168.
  — embryo of, 100.
  — epidermis of fossil, 14, _8_, 100.
  — foliage of, 99, _66_.
  — only living species of genus, 98, _70_.
  — possible common origin with _Cordaites_, 102.
  — ripe seed of, 99, _67_.
  — section of seed of, 100, _68_.
  — seed structure of, 76, _57_.
  — similarity to _Cordaites_, 96.
  Ginkgoaceæ, 88.
  Ginkgoales, 88, 98.
  — description of group, 98.
  — general distribution in time, 177.
  Glacial epoch, 170.
  _Glossopteris_, 173.
  _Glyptostrobus_, 86.
  Gondwanaland, 173.
  Grand’Eury, 186.
  Gum, 17.
  Gymnosperms, 38, 41, 44, 86, 176, 179.
  — connection with Pteridosperms, 124.
  — general distribution in time, 177.
  — relations between the groups of, 88, 89, 90.


  Hairs, 54, _22_, 70.
  — special forms among fossils, 70.
  _Heterangium_, 119, 122, 123, 127.
  — foliage of, 120.
  — stem of, 120, _81_.
  Hollick and Jeffrey, 89.
  Horsetails, description of group, 145.
  Hutton, 2.

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Ancient Plants: Being a Simple Account of the past Vegetation of the Earth and of the Recent Important Discoveries Made in This Realm of NatureStopes, Marie Carmichael

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Ancient Plants: Being a Simple Account of the past Vegetation of the Earth and of the Recent Important Discoveries Made in This Realm of Nature

Stopes, Marie Carmichael

Paleobotany

— type of seed of, 76, _57_.
  — wood of, 110.
  _Cycas_, 109, 110, _74_.
  — seed-bearing sporophyll of, 111.
  — seeds of, 112, _76_.
  — comparison with Ginkgo seeds, 112.
  Darwin, 181.
  Diatoms, 167, _121_.
  Dicotyledons, 41, 44, 79.
  — relative antiquity of, 81, 82.
  — seed type of, 77, _58_.
  Differentiation, commencement of in simple plants, 48.
  — of tissues in higher plants, 49, _19_, 50 et seq., _20_.


  Embryo of _Ginkgo_, 100.
  — in seeds, 76, _57_, 77, _58_.
  — of _Bennettites_, 106, _73_.
  Endodermis, 55, _26_, 61.
  Environment, 181, 182.
  Epidermal tissues, 54, _21_, _22_, _23_, 125.
  Epidermis cells, fossil impressions of, 13, 14, _8_, 59, _34_, 125.
  Equisetales, 44.
  — general distribution of in time, 177.
  _Equisetites_, 146, _103_.
  _Equisetum_, 9, 38, 40, 44, 145, 149, 152.
  — underground rhizomes of, 43.
  _Eucalyptus_, 83.
  Europe, 87, 102.
  — ancient climates of, 170.
  Evolution, 43.
  — in plants, various degrees of in the organs of the same plant, 45 et
          seq.
  Evolution in plants, cause of, 181.
  — — — suggestions as to possible future lines of, 178.
  Expedition, requirements for collecting, 183.
  Extinct families, 44.


  Ferns, sporangia of, 67, _45_.
  — connection with Pteridosperms, 123.
  — description of group, 124.
  — fructifications of among fossils, 131, 132, _92_.
  — general distribution of in time, 177.
  — germinating spores of, 68, _47_.
  _Ficus_, 83.
  Flotsam, 6.
  Flowering plant, anatomy of stem, 49, _19_.
  Formation of rocks, key to processes, 6.
  Fossil plants, indications of ancient climates and conditions, 168.
  — — diagram illustration the distribution of, 177, _122_.
  Fungi, fossils of, 164.
  — parasitic, _119_, 164, 165, _120_.


  Gamopetalæ, 84.
  Gannister, 25, _14_.
  Geikie, 186.
  _Ginkgo_, leaf impression, 14, 7, 100, _69_.
  — comparison with _Cycas_ seeds, 112.
  — distribution in the past, 168.
  — embryo of, 100.
  — epidermis of fossil, 14, _8_, 100.
  — foliage of, 99, _66_.
  — only living species of genus, 98, _70_.
  — possible common origin with _Cordaites_, 102.
  — ripe seed of, 99, _67_.
  — section of seed of, 100, _68_.
  — seed structure of, 76, _57_.
  — similarity to _Cordaites_, 96.
  Ginkgoaceæ, 88.
  Ginkgoales, 88, 98.
  — description of group, 98.
  — general distribution in time, 177.
  Glacial epoch, 170.
  _Glossopteris_, 173.
  _Glyptostrobus_, 86.
  Gondwanaland, 173.
  Grand’Eury, 186.
  Gum, 17.
  Gymnosperms, 38, 41, 44, 86, 176, 179.
  — connection with Pteridosperms, 124.
  — general distribution in time, 177.
  — relations between the groups of, 88, 89, 90.


  Hairs, 54, _22_, 70.
  — special forms among fossils, 70.
  _Heterangium_, 119, 122, 123, 127.
  — foliage of, 120.
  — stem of, 120, _81_.
  Hollick and Jeffrey, 89.
  Horsetails, description of group, 145.
  Hutton, 2.

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Ancient Plants: Being a Simple Account of the past Vegetation of the Earth and of the Recent Important Discoveries Made in This Realm of Nature

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