Morphology of Angiosperms: Morphology of Spermatophytes, Part II (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Morphology of Angiosperms: Morphology of Spermatophytes, Part II

In 1901 we published the first part of a work entitled Morphology of Spermatophytes, containing an account of the Gymnosperms. At that time it was our purpose to issue as a second part an account of the Angiosperms, which would also contain a complete index of the whole work. We have become convinced, however, that such an association of these two great groups would help to emphasize a relationship that does not exist, and that Gymnosperms and Angiosperms should be treated as independent groups, coordinate with Pteridophytes. Therefore, the present volume is issued, not as Part II of Morphology of Spermatophytes, but as an independent volume entitled Morphology of Angiosperms; and any subsequent edition of the previous volume will be entitled Morphology of Gymnosperms.

This volume, as the preceding, has grown out of a course of lectures accompanied by laboratory work, given for several successive years to classes of graduate students preparing for research. It seeks to organize the vast amount of scattered material so that it may be available in compact and related form. While careful attention has been given to citations, so that the student may know the groups that have been investigated, and be put in touch with the original papers, the work is in no sense a compilation. The ground has been traversed repeatedly, for several years, by various members of the botanical staff and by numerous students, and their results have served to check current statements, as well as to contribute no small amount of new material.

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