CHAPTER VII. THE FLOWER

I. DISSECTION OF TYPES WITH SUPERIOR OVARY 196

II. DISSECTION OF TYPES WITH INFERIOR OVARY 204

III. STUDY OF A COMPOSITE FLOWER 210

IV. SPECIALIZED FLOWERS 214

V. FUNCTION AND WORK OF THE FLOWER 219

VI. HYBRIDIZATION 223

VII. PLANT BREEDING 230

VIII. ECOLOGY OF THE FLOWER

A. THE PREVENTION OF SELF-POLLINATION 235

B. WIND POLLINATION 239

C. INSECT POLLINATION 241

D. PROTECTIVE ADAPTATION 245

FIELD WORK 249