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ulez ; Flint-cells, or Diatomez; Mucous-moulds, or Myxomycetes; 
Root-footers (Rhizopoda).—Remarks on the General Natural History 
of the Protista: Their Vital Phenomena, Chemical Composition, 
and Formation (Individuality and Fundamental Form).—Phylogeny 
of the Prostista Kingdom oes vee eee ose eve eve 
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CHAPTER XVII. 
PEDIGREE AND HISTORY OF THE VEGETABLE KINGDOM, 
The Natural System of the Vegetable Kingdom.—Division of the Vege- 
table Kingdom into Six Branches and Eighteen Classes.—The 
Flowerless Plants (Cryptogamia).—Sub-kingdom of the Thallus 
Plants.—The Tangles, or Algze (Primary Alge, Green Alge, Brown 
Alge, Red Algz.)—The Thread-plants, or Inophytes (Lichens and 
Fungi).—Sub-kingdom of the Prothallus Plants.—The Mosses, or 
Muscine (Water-mosses, Liverworts, Leaf-mosses, Bog-mosses).— 
The Ferns, or Filicinee (Leaf-ferns, Bamboo-ferns, Water-ferns, 
Scale-ferns).—Sub-kingdom of Flowering Plants (Phanerogamia).— 
The Gymnosperms, or Plants with Naked Seeds (Palm-ferns 
= Cycadex ; Pines = Coniferae.)—The Angiosperms, or Plants with 
Enclosed Seeds.—Monocotyle.—Dicotyle.—Cup-blossoms (Ape- 
talze).—Star-blossoms (Diapetalz).—Bell-blossoms (Gamopetale) 77 
CHAPTER XVIII. 
PEDIGREE AND HISTORY OF THE ANIMAL KINGDOM. 
I. ANIMAL-PLANTS AND Worms. 
The Natural System of the Animal Kingdom.—Linneus and Lamarck’s 
Systems.—The Four Types of Bir and Cuvier.—Their Increase to 
Seven Types.—Genealogical Importance of the Seven Types as 
Independent Tribes of the Animal Kingdom.—Derivation of 
Zoophytes and Worms from Primeval Animals.—Monophyletic and 
Polyphyletic Hypothesis of the Descent of the Animal Kingdom. 
—Common Origin of the Four Higher Animal Tribes out of the Worm 
Tribe.—Division of the Seven Animal Tribes into Sixteen Main 
Classes, and Thirty-eight Classes—Primzval Animals (Monera, 
Amcebe, Synameebe), Gregarines, Infusoria, Planeades, and Gas- 
treades (Planula and Gastrula).—Tribe of Zoophytes.—Spongiz 
(Mucous Sponges, Fibrous Sponges, Calcareous Sponges).—Sea 
Nettles, or eae Meee Hood ret eee -jellies).—Tribe of 
Worms ee ee ae wot ees Tris 
