CLASSES. 



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CLASSIFICATION. 



CHAPTER XXXV. 



CLASSES. 



YOU will remem- 

 ber, I hope, that 

 the plant king- 

 dom is made up 

 of two great 

 divisions or sub- 

 kingdoms :(i) the 

 " flowering," (2) 

 the " flowerless " 

 plants (p. 10). The 

 flowerless plants, 

 fungi, and sea- 

 weeds, and lich- 

 ens, and mosses, 



Fig. 174. Yew. (Taxtts baccatd). Cleaves. 



c fruit with arillus/ and ferns, you 



will learn about at some future time if you wish 

 to do so. I will only tell you now that the 

 flowerless plants are called Cryptogams. They are 

 so called because they have no flowers such as you 



