Abstract
THE morphology of the flower, although an important item in the curriculum of the advanced student of botany, is not infrequently compressed into a period quite insufficient for obtaining a knowledge of more than a few cohorts or families. But the relegation of this branch of botany to an uncertain stage is easily explained, since, as a course for training students, and this is the first object of a scientific curriculum, floral morphology does not offer the same scope as vegetative anatomy or physiology. Nevertheless, the art of discovering all the essential points of a flower is by no means easily acquired, while the ability to distinguish between critical genera and orders requires intuition, based upon experience and practice.
Praktikum für morphologische und systematische Botanik.
By Dr. Karl Schumann Pp. viii + 610. (Jena: Gustav Fischer, 1904.) Price 13 marks.
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Praktikum für morphologische und systematische Botanik . Nature 71, 436 (1905). https://doi.org/10.1038/071436a0
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