CRYPTOGAMIA. 



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CRYPTOGAMIA. 



BOLETUS Lower surface composed of tubes. 



CLATHRUS Grows in clusters, mostly fixed to a membra- 

 naceous base; capsules globular or oblong; seeds escap- 

 ing from its whole surface through openings made by the 

 separations of the fibres. 



CLAVARIA Fungus oblong, upright, club-shaped; seeds 

 emitted from every part of its surface. 



HELVELLA Pileus on the stem smooth on both sides; 

 seeds thrown out from under the surface. 



HYDKUM A horizontal fungus, echinated beneath with 

 awl-shaped fibres. 



LYCOPERDON Fungus roundish, fleshy, firm, becoming 

 powdery, and opening at the top ; seeds fixed to filaments, 

 connected with the inner coat of the plant. 



MUCOR Seeds naked, or in transparent capsules or vesicles 

 at the end of the stem. 



PEZIZA Fungus bell-shaped, sessile, concealing lens- 

 shaped seed-bearing bodies ; plant concave ; seeds on the 

 upper surface only discharged by jerks. 



PHALLUS, Morel Fungus even on the under surface; a 

 net-work of cells on the upper surface ; seeds in the cells. 



SPHJERIA Capsules roundish, immersed, filled with jelly, 

 which becomes a mass of minute volatile seeds. 



TREMELLA, Jelly-bladder Fructifications scarcely percep- 

 tible, in a membranaceous, gelatinous, expanded, undu- 

 lated substance. 



TUBER, Truffle Roundish, fleshy, solid, closed ; its sub- 

 stance variegated with veins bearing seeds. 



UREDO, Blight Coat none; powder naked, deciduous; 

 seeds uniform, generally globose. 



XYLOMA Flat, nearly orbicular; receptacle various, hard, 

 somewhat fleshy internally, either remaining closed, or 

 bursting unequally. 



XYLOSTROMA, Oak Leather Expanded, coriaceous, two- 



sided, shapeless, concealed ; surface smooth and even ; 

 seminal globules very minute, attached to internal fibres. 



6. MISCELLANEA. 



(Including Plants not easily referred to any of the five fore- 

 goiug Orders.) 



EQUISETUM, Horse-tail Catkin with peltate scales, fructi- 

 fying on their inside; partial involucres tubular, of two 

 valves ; seeds numerous, naked, surrounded by four 

 spiral stamens. 



MARSILEA Involucre ovate, closed, of many androgynous 

 cells, in two rows ; anthers numerous, clustered round the 

 base of the pistils, of one cell, with globose pollen ; ger- 

 mens in two rows, sessile, oval. 



PILULARIA, Pillwort, or Pepper Grass Common recep- 

 tacle globose, with four cells and four valves, lined with 

 numerous anthers, and many globose germens beneath 

 them. 



PALM^E, OR PALMS. 

 (Comprehending such Plants as have a spadix and spathe.) 



ARECA, Cabbage Tree. See Moncecia Enneandria. 



BORASSUS. See Dicecia Hexandria. 



CARYOTA. See Moncecia Polyandria. 



CHAM.SEROPS, Dwarf Fan Palm. See Polygamia Dicecia. 



CORYPHA, Great Fun Palm Flowers hermaphrodite ; spathe 



universal none ; spathes partial numerous ; berry, or drupe, 



globular ; seed bony. 

 CYCAS. See Dicecia Polyandria. 

 ELJEIS, Oily Palm. See Dicecia Hexandria. 

 ELATE. See Moncecia Triandria. 

 PHCENIX, Date Palm. See Dicecia Tnandna. 



