202 On the Natural Distribution of animated Nature. 



Yet, notwithstanding the apparent probabiHty of this ternary 

 arrangement, the writer inclines in favour of the binary distri- 

 bution, together witii its duplications, as uisisted on by Fries 

 (in his celebrated work on Fungi) and others ; for m that man- 

 ner much, in verity, may be advanced. 



Thus, supposing that of the two primaeval principles Mind 

 (/, e. Spirit) and Matter, the latter divided itself into two 

 [organized and unorganized) ; and that these again each sepa- 

 rated into two more, viz. the former into vegetables and ani- 

 7nals, the latter into crystallized and unaystallized ; according 

 to the plan subjoined to this paper, we should appear to pro- 

 ceed in a clear light, and without perhaps any objection. 



The two latter of these secondary divisions {crystallized and 

 uticrystallized) are, as it were, sterile, and proceed no further, 

 at least into primajy divisions ; while from the oiganized ex- 

 uberant root advance, in the most beautiful and harmonious 

 order, all the multifarious branches of animated Nature : 



" Spiritus intus alit; totamque infusa per artus." 



Of the vegetable and animal groups, each of which are so 

 often and so repetitely divisible into fives, forming circles na- 

 turally returning into themselves, the writer has not at pre- 

 sent leisure to consider, otherwise than the annexed plan itself 

 may show ; but he reserves for a more favourable opportunity 

 the remaining details of this most interesting subject. 



TJie Plan alluded to aboi'e, dividi7ig Matter i)i a binary tnanner. 



Mind Matter 



Organized ' Unorganized 



crystallized-'-uncrystallized 



Animal ' Vegetable 



Vertebrate-1-Invertebrate Cotyledonous ' Acotyledonoiis 



Cryptogainous-l-Agamous 



Dicotyledonous-'-Monocotvledonous 



I 

 Apetalous-'-Petalous 



Monopetalous-'-Polypetalous 



CulmacC' nis-l-Liliaceous 



Triandi'oiis-J-Hexandrou3 



Bracteaceous-^Spathaceous. 



XLI. On 



