BOTANICAL ARTICLES. The scope and range of the subject is indicated in the article BOTANY, while more detailed treatment of various aspects is given in the articles on the main branches : thus PLANTS gives a general account of the structure, physiology and distribution of the members of the vegetable king dom; the history of the rise of the orders and their relations to one another is dealt with in the article PALAEOBOTANY; special structures are the subject of articles as those on FRUIT, FLOWER, LEAF, etc. The main groups of plants are described in more de tail, with an account of their evolutionary history as far as is known, in such articles as ALGAE, ANGIOSPERMS, BRYOPHYTA, GYMNOSPERMS, PTERIDOPHYTA, FUNGI, etc. The important economic status of the last-named group is fully dealt with, and their association with certain algae described at length in the article LICHENS. Among the flowering plants, in addition to the general articles already mentioned, there is a shorter article on each of the more important families, e.g., COMPOSITAE, GRASSES, LEGUMINOSAE, ROSACEAE, RANUNCULACEAE ; while numerous short articles are devoted to individual plants, e.g., ACACIA, BAR