"^ NATl'IlAL CLASSIIICATION. 



VIII. Class CRYPTOSIA, the Cryptoses 

 (mg hidden) Flowers anomalous without peri- 

 gone, inconspicuous or concealed, connnonly 

 no stamens and hardly apistil, assuming various 

 uncommon forms. Equivalent the MoUusca. 



Hid. Primary Class. Larnagenia or Acoty- 

 LiA, the Cellulars or Acotyles — Lichens, Algas 

 and Fungi, or plants without stem nor roots nor 

 leaves, nor flowers ; neither vessels nor fibres ; 

 formed of cellular tissue variously expanded. 

 Fructification concealed and granular or gem- 

 mular, germination acotyle growth by mere ex- 

 pansion. They correspond to the Zopsians, 

 or Animals without blood, nor nervous sys- 

 tem, and there is no prevailing numbers. 



IX. Class ALGOSIA, the Algas. Commonly 

 a frond or tallus, imitating leaves or threads or 

 stems, fructification often evident producing 

 gongyles or gemmliles. Color often greenish 

 and station aquatic. Equivalent of the Polyps 

 or Zoophytes. 



X. Class. MYCOSIA, the Fungi— Neithe? 

 frond nor thalus, expansion variable often glo 

 bular, fructification in spores or a powder ofter; 

 invisible. Color seldom green, station never 

 aquatic, either terrestrial or parasite. Answer- 

 ing to the lowest animal class of Porostomes 

 or Animalcula. 



Table of the Natural Orders. 



I. Class, ELTROGINES. 



1st Section, Polygynia. Pistils multiple, or 

 petals anomalous, fruit not a pod. 

 1. Order, RHODANTHiA,the Rhodanthes. (Rose- 

 flower) stamens peristomic, anthers not 

 adnate. — Types Rosa^ Spirea. 



