APPENDIX 



I. A BRIEF SYNOPTIC CLASSIFICATION 

 OF PLANTS AND ANIMALS 



(A. PLANTS 



Phylum 1. THALLOPHYTA: Thallus plants. 

 Series of the ALGAE. (1500 species.) 

 Class I. CYANOPHYCEAE : Blue-green Algae. Oscillatoria. 

 Class II. CHLOROPHYCEAE : Green Algae. 

 Order 1. Protococcales: Unicellular Green Algae. Pleuro- 



coccus, Sphaerella. 

 Order 2. Confervales: Confervas and Sea Lettuces. Ulothrix, 



Oedogonium, Ulva. 

 Order 3. Conjugates: Pond Scums, Desmids, and Diatoms. 



Spirogyra, Closterium, Navicula. 

 Order 4. Siphonales: Tubular Algae. Vaucheria. 

 Order 5. Charales: Stoneworts. Chara. 

 Class III. PHAEOPHYCEAE : Brown Algae. Kelps and Rock- 

 Weeds. Laminaria, Fucus, Sargassum. 

 Class IV. RHODOPHYCEAE : Red Algae. Rhodomela. 

 Series of the FUNGI. (65,000 species.) 

 Class V. SCHIZOMYCETES : Bacteria. 

 Class VI. PHYCOMYCETES: Alga-like Fungi. Molds. 

 Class VII. ASCOMYCETES: Sac Fungi. Mildews, Morels, Truffles, 



Yeasts, (Lichens). 

 Class VIII. BASIDIOMYCETES: Basidia Fungi. Smuts, Rusts, 



Toadstools, Mushrooms. 

 Phylum 2. BRYOPHYTA: Liverworts and Mosses. (17,000 



species.) v 



Class I. HEPATICAE: Liverworts. Marchantia. 

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