350 CRYPTOGAMIA. 
generally 4 pelhuicid and ye slerider filanients, $pootts 
shaped at the end. f. 3.4, These are almost constantly in 
motion, contracting upon the least breath of moist air, and 
when wet with water rolling round the oval body. f. 5, 
_ In the Equisetum palustre the filaments ws broader, 
and the green oval or globular subtance more pointed. f. 6. 
This is undoubtedly the Seed, for it gradually increases in 
bulk, and when it falls, the spike shrivels. _ Its 
point is the Summit, and the conical substances: under '— a 
targets are the capsules. : 
The scales which surround the flowerin stall at cet 
tain distances after its protrusion, served whileed it was” ae 
young, as a general fence to the spike. , 
it appears, that the genus Eavisnron contains - 
both stamens and a within the same c i: hie 
The flowering Spike, or general calyx, caval 
the partial calyx target-shaped. pees 
ilaments 2. an $4, one at each end ofthe filament. It 
“Capsule a target of 4; 3° 6, or 7 cells. wee 
Sy -shaped or globular ; placed . 
and lapped up within the filaments. na 
For the other three genera in this age, the 
cea eh to look ——— to thet respective ors 
characters, z 
FY'LICES. (Ferns.) 
_ The plants of this Order have their flowers get 
disposed in spots or lines on the under surface of the’ 
as in the Asprenium, (plate I, B.) but s¢ 
spikes, as in the Osmunda. fh 
Male flowers. ciel 
Anrusrs sitting, or supported on a very. short 
eB shaped oF plbul ar, speek Bae in 
the leaves. 
_ Female flowers, uniting so as to form 2 
_ collected into a bunch ; or forming lines or 4 
are found underneath the eaves, either on 
at the edge, or at the point; and in sor 
entirely covering the whole under surface. | 
CALYx none, or only a scale formed from fe ; 
containing globules, _ en 
