Pt. I. Botony in a day: the patterns method of plant identification. Botany in a day tutorial: how to proceed -- Plant names and classification -- Evolution of plants : A puzzle without all the pieces ; Life begins ; The land plants -- Learning plants by families -- Problems in taxonomic paradise -- How to use the keys -- Profile your flower : Key to regular dicot flowers with numerous petals ; Key to irregular dicot flowers ; Key to regular dicot flowers with 0, 3 or 6 petals ; Key to regular dicot flowers with 4 petals ; Key to regular dicot flowers with 5 united petals ; Key to regular dicot flowers with 5 separate petals ; Key to dicot trees and shrubs by their fruits ; Key to monocot flowers -- pt. II. Reference guide: an herbal field guide to plant families. Clubmoss clade -- Fern clade -- Naked seed clade -- Flowering plants clade : Water lily clade ; Magnolia clade ; Hornwort clade ; Eudicots clade ; Monocots clade -- Medicinal properties of plants -- Indexes : Plants by genus ; Plants by common name ; Plant families and subfamilies by botanical names ; Plant families and subfamilies by common name.