82 , III. DIST. CHAR. Prototype. 



phyta and Infusoria. The first and last of these 

 orders are not found in the fossil state. The second 

 affords many beautiful petrifactions, chiefly Ifrom the 

 genus Echinus. Of the third and fourth order t 

 nearly all the generaf have been discovered in 

 the mineral kingdom ; and the various species, from 

 these genera,, form the principal part of every collec- 

 tion of extraneous fossils. 



The shells,, zoophytes, &c. found fossil, particu- 

 larly the petrified^ are most commonly of species at 

 present unknown in the recent state. ff 



The fossil Vermes are found in all substances, in 

 which other reliquia occur, but are most abundant 

 in calcareous strata. ff f 



B. 55'. VEGETABLES (VegetaUlia) are di- 

 vided by Linnaeus into seven families namely, 

 Funguses, Flags, Mosses, Ferns, Grasses, Palms, 

 and Plants. (v.Philos.Bot.p.37.)fftt 



a. 56. FUNGUSES (Fungi) are vegetables of the 



ria. Hence, the number of the orders, in this class, is the same 

 in both editions of the Syst. Nat. now referred to, though the prin- 

 ciples of the arrangement differ. 



j- For the different genera of shells and zoophyta found fossil 

 vide Syst. Arrangement, p. 2. 



ft Vide page 10 and 11. note ||tt and f. &c. 



fft Vide page 7- o. and r. 



tttt Our reason for not enumerating, in this place, the classes 

 and orders of plants, according to the Linnean Sexual System, 

 will be found in our observations on the formation of the genera 

 and families of extraneous fossils. 



