( s ) 



^IgaCy (seaweeds, 8cc.) which bear, in an aquatic oi' g'clatin. 

 ous frond, vesiculous or filamentous fruit. 5. Lichenes, (lich- 

 ens) which bear, on fibrous, compact or gelatinous fronds, 

 scutellae, patellulae, peltae, thalamia, disks or pilidia, con- 

 taining the fructification. 6. Fj^7jj^?, (mushroom, &c.) which 

 are destitute of herbage, consisting of a spungy, pulpy, leath- 

 ery or woody substance, and bear fruit in a naked dilated 

 membrane, or within the substance of the plant. 



EXPIASTATIONS OF THE CHARACTEHS ANI^EXED TO THB OES- 

 ERIC DESCKIPTIOITS, 



The ^rst number following the generic description is the 

 number of the natural order ofLinneus, to which the genus 

 belongs; the 5eco?i(/ mm26er is that of Jussieu. By referring 

 to the natural orders of Linneus in the Botanical Dictionary, 

 the qualities of plants may be so far ascertained, as they de- 

 pend on these natural affinities. 



^ annual. % biennial. 2/ perennial. 1^ woody. 



p, when the corol is purple, r, red. w, white, y, yel- 

 low, g, greenish, e, exotic. 



* Placed before one or more generic nouns, at the end of 

 an opjtr, indicates that these genera sometimes varj' from 

 the classes and orders to which they belong, and are_ found 

 to possess the characters of the class and order under which 

 their names are thus set down. 



