00?rOU 162034>mQSMANIA UNIVERSITY LIBRARYS&" AccessionNaCall No. fiftft/ ftC.IJ,Title Hi * i^ ......4orThisbookshould be r&urncti'on before the datfe lastmarkeKEY TO TISSUESANDSTEMS PETIOLESXYU.ESCLERENCHYMACHLORENCHYMA COLLENCHYMACORK PHLOEMWOODVESSELSPARENCHYMARAYSFIBRESSEPTATE PHL.OEMTRACHEIDS SCLERENCHYMAhavethe whichbeen used for the tissues in drawingsThe above of havetypes shadingan author'sto wherefor this book. do not drawingsbeen They applyspecially preparedin thefibres not shaded where forming patches ground-name is exceptgiven. Septatexxtissue of the wood. Transverse sections of Wood 50, Rays 90.ANATOMY OF THEDICOTYLEDONSANATOMY OF THEDICOTYLEDONSAND WOODLEAVES, STEM,IN RELATION TO TAXONOMYWITH NOTES ON ECONOMIC USESBYR. METCALFEC.PH.D.MJV.,ROYAL BOTANIC KEWJODRELL LABORATORY, GARDENS,ANDL. CHALKD.PHIL.M.A.,IMPERIAL FORESTRY INSTITUTE, OXFORDWITH THE ASSISTANCE OFM. M. CHATTAWAYC. L. HAREF. R. RICHARDSONE. M. SLATTERIVOLUMEOXFORDAT THE CLARENDON PRESSAmen London E.C.Press, House,Oxford University 4GLASGOW NEW YORK TORONTO MFLBOURNF WELLINGTONBOMBAY CALCUTTA MADRAS KARACHICAPE TOWN IBADAN NAIROBI ACCRA SINGAPOREFIRST EDITION I95OREPRINTED LITHOGRAPHICALLY IN GREAT BRITAINAT THE UNIVERSITY PRESS, OXFORDBY CHARLES PRINTER TO THE UNIVERSITYBATEY,FROM CORRECTED SHEETS OF FIRST EDITION1957FOREWORDmore than since L. A. then in of theIT is years Boodle, Jodrellforty chargeand F. E. then also at collaborated ...
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orThisbookshould be r&urncti'on before the datfe lastmarkeKEY TO TISSUES
ANDSTEMS PETIOLES
XYU.ESCLERENCHYMA
CHLORENCHYMA COLLENCHYMA
CORK PHLOEM
WOOD
VESSELS
PARENCHYMARAYS
FIBRESSEPTATE PHL.OEM
TRACHEIDS SCLERENCHYMA
havethe whichbeen used for the tissues in drawingsThe above of havetypes shading
an author'sto wherefor this book. do not drawingsbeen They applyspecially prepared
in thefibres not shaded where forming patches ground-name is exceptgiven. Septate
xxtissue of the wood. Transverse sections of Wood 50, Rays 90.ANATOMY OF THE
DICOTYLEDONSANATOMY OF THE
DICOTYLEDONS
AND WOODLEAVES, STEM,
IN RELATION TO TAXONOMY
WITH NOTES ON ECONOMIC USES
BY
R. METCALFEC.
PH.D.MJV.,
ROYAL BOTANIC KEWJODRELL LABORATORY, GARDENS,
AND
L. CHALK
D.PHIL.M.A.,
IMPERIAL FORESTRY INSTITUTE, OXFORD
WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF
M. M. CHATTAWAY
C. L. HARE
F. R. RICHARDSON
E. M. SLATTER
IVOLUME
OXFORD
AT THE CLARENDON PRESSAmen London E.C.Press, House,Oxford University 4
GLASGOW NEW YORK TORONTO MFLBOURNF WELLINGTON
BOMBAY CALCUTTA MADRAS KARACHI
CAPE TOWN IBADAN NAIROBI ACCRA SINGAPORE
FIRST EDITION I95O
REPRINTED LITHOGRAPHICALLY IN GREAT BRITAIN
AT THE UNIVERSITY PRESS, OXFORD
BY CHARLES PRINTER TO THE UNIVERSITYBATEY,
FROM CORRECTED SHEETS OF FIRST EDITION
1957FOREWORD
more than since L. A. then in of theIT is years Boodle, Jodrellforty charge
and F. E. then also at collaborated in theLaboratory, Fritsch, working Kew,
ofSolereder'swork on the ofthetranslation systematic anatomy Dicotyledons.
Boodle to this task a of the inbrought profound knowledge subject, acquired
of his official which to the anthe course translation evenduties, gave greater
value than that of the German the theoriginal. During past forty years range
available for has been aof material and massstudy greatly augmented, large
has been accumulated at whichof data has enabled to beKew, generalizations
on a surer foundation and the means ofbased of theprovided filling many
in Solereder's work. In tisfe Dr. whothis succeeded BoodleMetcalfe,gaps
in the of the has carried forward the workJodrellcharge Laboratory, ably
which Boodle to such that the mustbegan, good purpose present publication
as a new work and thebe and in a farold,regarded incorporating correcting
real sense as a ofmore the anatomical features ofcomprehensive survey
considered as taxonomic characteristics.dicotyledonous plants
In no of has more extensive been madeaspect plant anatomy progress
the than in the of the in nowood,during past half-century study secondary
small because of the of the ofdegree growing appreciation importance
foranatomical characters the identification of commercial timbers. It is
therefore a to record the debt to Dr. L. Chalk who has collaboratedpleasure
in the of this work and to whom the of theproduction original descriptions
woods are due.secondary entirely
The whole constitutes a monument to the assiduous labours of the authors
and will remain the standard reference work on the and indis-long subject
to Botanical ofpensable every Library importance.any
The collections at now some haveKew,living numbering 45,000 species,
an invaluable source of but in addition haveprovided material, specimens
been from all of the and there are fewbutsought parts world, larger groups
of all the vast of thathavenotbeenexaminedassemblage dicotyledonous plants
in to one or more The collection of woodrespect representatives. large
and slides at thespecimens microscope Forestry Institute, Oxford,Imperial
formed the basis of the work on wood and this wasanatomy, supplemented
data collected Dr. M. M. for all the in theby specially by Chattaway genera
Yale Collection not available Oxford.in Thus the of the ofpicture range
structure evolved the various taxonomic is with a com-by groups presented
thatwas never before and with a of treatmentpleteness possible simplification
that a of detail can alone achieve.mastery
E. SALISBURYJ.
ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS
KEW