Excerpt from The Classification of Flowering Plants, Vol. 1: Gymnosperms and Monocotyledons This view is confirmed by the results of another line of research which shew that the seed-habit is not the exclusive property of the so-called Flowering or Seed-plants, and suggest moreover that this habit may have arisen, as has secondary development of vascular tissue, independently in more than one group. In Short, community of seed-character may be no surer guide to immediate aflinity than a general resemblance in growth and structure. On the present occasion however Gymnosperms and Angiosperms are treated as parts of the great primary group of Phanerogams or Spermatophytes. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.