TABLE OF CONTENTS.

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[PART I. GENERAL.]
[CHAPTER I.]
HISTORICAL SKETCH. Pp. 1–11.
Fossil plants and the Flood. Sternberg and Brongniart. The internal structure of fossil plants. English Palaeobotanists. Difficulties of identification.
[CHAPTER II.]
RELATION OF PALAEOBOTANY TO BOTANY AND GEOLOGY. Pp. 12–21.
Neglect of fossils by Botanists. Fossil plants and distribution. Fossil plants and climate. Fossil plants and phylogeny.
[CHAPTER III.]
GEOLOGICAL HISTORY. Pp. 22–53.
Rock-building. Calcareous rocks. Geological sections. Inversion of strata. Table of Strata: [I. Archaean], 34–36. [II. Cambrian], 36–37. [III. Ordovician], 37–38. [IV. Silurian], 38. [V. Devonian], 39. [VI. Carboniferous], 39–45. [VII. Permian], 45–47. [VIII. Trias.], 47–48. [IX. Jurassic], 48–49. [X. Cretaceous], 50–51. [XI. Tertiary], 51–53. [Geological Evolution].
[CHAPTER IV.]
THE PRESERVATION OF PLANTS AS FOSSILS. Pp. 54–92.
Old surface-soils. Fossil wood. Conditions of fossilisation. Drifting of trees. Meaning of the term ‘Fossil.’ Incrustations. Casts of trees. Fossil casts. Plants and coal. Fossils in half-relief. Petrified trees. Petrified wood. Preservation of tissues. Coal-balls. Fossil nuclei. Fossil plants in volcanic ash. Conditions of preservation.
[CHAPTER V.]
DIFFICULTIES AND SOURCES OF ERROR IN THE DETERMINATION OF FOSSIL PLANTS. Pp. 93–109.
External resemblance. Venation characters. Decorticated stems. Imperfect casts. Mineral deposits simulating plants. Traces of wood-borers in petrified tissue. Photography and illustration.
[CHAPTER VI.]
NOMENCLATURE. Pp. 110–115.
Rules for nomenclature. The rule of priority. Terminology and convenience.
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[PART II. SYSTEMATIC.]
[CHAPTER VII.]
THALLOPHYTA. Pp. 116–228.
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I.	[PERIDINIALES]	117–118
II.	[COCCOSPHERES AND RHABDOSPHERES]	118–121
III.	[SCHIZOPHYTA]	121–138
	A. [SCHIZOPHYCEAE] (Cyanophyceae)	122–132
	[Girvanella] 124–126. [Borings in shells] 127–129. [Zonatrichites] 129–130.
	B. [SCHIZOMYCETES] (Bacteria)	132–138
	[Bacillus Permicus] 135–136. [B. Tieghemi and Micrococcus Guignardi] 136. [Fossil Bacteria] 137–138.
IV.	[ALGAE]	138–205
	Scarcity of fossil algae. Fossils simulating Algae. Recognition of fossil algae. Algites &c.
	A. [DIATOMACEAE]	150–156
	Recent Diatoms. Fossil Diatoms. Bactryllium &c.
	B. [CHLOROPHYCEAE]	156–178
	a. [Siphoneae]	157–177
	α. [Caulerpaceae]	157–159
	β. [Codiaceae]	159–164
	[Codium] 159–160. [Sphaerocodium] 160. [Penicillus] 161. [Ovulites] 161–164. [Halimeda] 164.
	γ. [Dasycladaceae]	164–177
	[Acetabularia] 165–166. [Acicularia] 166–169. [Cymopolia] 169–171. [Vermiporella] 172–173. [Sycidium] 173. [Diplopora] 174–175. [Gyroporella] 175. [Dactylopora, Palaeozoic and Mesozoic Siphoneae] 175–177.
	b. [Confervoideae]	177–178
	C. [INCERTAE SEDIS]	178–183
	Boghead ‘Coal.’ [Reinschia] 180–181. [Pila] 181–182.
	D. [RHODOPHYCEAE]	183–190
	[Corallinaceae]	183–190
	[Lithothamnion] 185–189. [Solenopora] 189–190.
	E. [PHAEOPHYCEAE]	191–202
	[Nematophycus]	192–202
	[Pachytheca]	202–204
	[Algites]	204–205
V.	[MYXOMYCETES] (MYCETOZOA)	205–206
	[Myxomycetes Mangini] 206.
VI.	[FUNGI]	207–222
	Ascomycetes. Basidiomycetes.
	Pathology of fossil tissues. [Oochytrium Lepidodendri] 216–217. [Peronosporites antiquarius] 217–220. [Cladosporites bipartitus] 220. [Haplographites cateniger] 220. [Zygosporites] 220–221. [Polyporus vaporarius] 221.
VII.	[CHAROPHYTA]	222–228
	[Chareae]	223–228
	[Chara] 225–228. [C. Bleicheri] 226. [C. Knowltoni] 226–227. [C. Wrighti] 227.
[CHAPTER VIII.]
BRYOPHYTA. Pp. 229–241.
I.	[HEPATICAE]	230–236
	[Marchantites] 233–235. [M. Sezannensis] 234–235.
II.	[MUSCI]	236–241
	[Muscites] 238–241. [M. polytrichaceus] 239–240. Palaeozoic Mosses. [Muscites ferrugineus] 241.
[CHAPTER IX.]
PTERIDOPHYTA (VASCULAR CRYPTOGRAMS). Pp. 242–294.
I.	[EQUISETALES (Recent)]	244–254
	[Equisetaceae]	244–254
	[Equisetum] 246–254.
II.	[FOSSIL EQUISETALES]	254–294
	A. [EQUISETITES]	257–281
	[Equisetites Hemingwayi] 263–264. [E. spatulatus] 264–266. [E. zeaeformis] 266. [E. arenaceus] 268–269. [E. columnaris] 269–270. [E. Beani] 270–275. [E. lateralis] 275–279. [E. Burchardti] 279–280.
	B. [PHYLLOTHECA]	281–291
	[Phyllotheca deliquescens] 283–284. [P. Brongniarti] 286–287. [P. indica and P. australis] 287–289.
	C. [SCHIZONEURA]	291–294
	[S. gondwanensis] 292–293.
[CHAPTER X.]
*EQUISETALES (continued).* Pp. 295–388.
	D. [CALAMITES]	295–383
	I. [Historical sketch]	295–302
	II. [Description of the anatomy of Calamites]	302–364
	a. [Stems]	304–329
	Arthropitys, Arthrodendron, and Calamodendron.
	b. [Leaves]	329–342
	α. [Calamocladus (Asterophyllites)] 332–336. [C. equisetiformis] 335–336.
	β. [Annularia] 336–342. [A. stellata] 338–340. [A. sphenophylloides] 341–342.
	c. [Roots]	342–349
	d. [Cones]	349–365
	[Calamostachys Binneyana] 351–355. [C. Casheana] 355–357. [Palaeostachya vera] 358–360. [Calamostachys, Palaeostachya and Macrostachya] 361–364.
	III. [Pith-casts of Calamites]	365–380
	[Calamitina] 367–374. [Calamites (Calamitina) Göpperti] 372–374. [Stylocalamites] 374–376. [C. (Stylocalamites) Suckowi] 374–376. [Eucalamites] 376–379. [C. (Eucalamites) cruciatus] 378–379.
	IV. [Conclusion]	381–383
	E. [ARCHAEOCALAMITES]	383–388
	[A. scrobiculatus] 386–387.
[CHAPTER XI.]
SPHENOPHYLLALES. Pp. 389–414.
I.	[SPHENOPHYLLUM]	389–414
	A. [The anatomy of Sphenophyllum]	392–406
	a. [Stems]	392–398
	[Sphenophyllum insigne and S. plurifoliatum] 397–398.
	b. [Roots]	399
	c. [Leaves]	399
	d. [Cones]	401–406
	[Sphenophyllostachys Dawsoni] 402–405. [S. Römeri] 405–406.
	B. [Types of vegetative Branches of Sphenophyllum]	407–412
	[Sphenophyllum emarginatum] 407–408. [S. trichomatosum] 408–409. [S. Thoni] 410–411. [S. speciosum] 411–412.
	C. [Affinities, Range and Habit of Sphenophyllum]	412–414