424 CAUSES LIMITING PROPAGATION. CHAP. x. 



which comprise by far the greater part of the ve- 

 getable kingdom, are denominated terrestrial, being 

 such as vegetate upon the surface of the earth 

 without having any portion immersed in water or 

 requiring any further moisture for their support 

 beyond that which they derive from the earth and 

 atmosphere. This division is, like the aquatics, 

 distributed into several subdivisions according to the 

 peculiar situations which different tribes affect. 

 Producing Some of them are maritime, that is, growing only 



maritime, , *. . r 



sylvatic, w the sea-coast, or at no great distance trom it, 

 othe7cle" d suc ^ as ^ tatice ^ Glciux 9 Samolus, Samphire, Sea 



othecle 



nomina- Pea. Some are fluviatic, that is, affecting the banks 



tions of 



plants. of rivers, such as Ly thrum, Lycopus, Eupatonum. 

 Some are champaign, that is, affecting chiefly the 

 plains, meadows, and cultivated fields, such as Car- 

 damine, Tragopogon, Agrostemma. Some are 

 dumose, that is, growing in the hedges, such as the 

 Bramble. Some are ruderate, that is, growing on 

 rubbish, such as Senecio viscosus. Some are syl- 

 vatic, that is, growing in woods or forests, such as 

 Stachys sylvatica, Angelica sylvestris. And finally, 

 some are alpine, that is, growing on the summits 

 of mountains, such as Poa alpina, Epilobium al- 

 pinum, and many of the Mosses and Lichens. 



SUBSECTION III. 



Vegetable Soils. Vegetable soils are such as are 



