Contents
Marie Carmichael Stopes
Chap.
Page
I.
Introductory
1
II.
Various Kinds of Fossil Plants
6
III.
Coal, the most Important of Plant Remains
22
IV.
The Seven Ages of Plant Life
33
V.
Stages in Plant Evolution
43
VI.
Minute Structure of Fossil Plants
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Likenesses to Living Ones
53
VII.
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Differences from Living Ones
69
VIII.
Past Histories of Plant Families
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(i)
Flowering Plants
79
IX.
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(ii)
Higher Gymnosperms
86
X.
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(iii)
Bennettitales
102
XI.
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(iv)
The Cycads
109
XII.
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Pteridosperms
114
XIII.
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The Ferns
124
XIV.
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The Lycopods
133
XV.
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The Horsetails
145
XVI.
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Sphenophyllales
153
XVII.
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The Lower Plants
161
XVIII.
Fossil Plants as Records of Ancient Countries
168
XIX.
Conclusion
174
APPENDIX
I.
List of Requirements for a Collecting Expedition
183
II.
Treatment of Specimens
184
III.
Literature
186
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Glossary
188
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Footnotes
193
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Index
193
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