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ulese ; Flint-cells, or Diatomeffi ; Mucous-moulds, or Myxomycetes ; 

 Eoot-footers (Rhizopoda). — Eemarks on the General Natural History 

 of the Protista: Their Vital Phenomena, Chemical Composition, 

 and Formation (Individuality and Fundamental Form). — Phylogeny 

 of the Prostista Kinerdom ... ... 3G 



CHAPTER XVII. 



PEDIGEEE AND HISTORY OP THE VEGETABLE KINGDOM. 



The Natural System of the Vegetable Kingdom. — Division of the Vege- 

 * table Kingdom into Six Branches and Eighteen Classes. — The 

 Flowerless Plants (Cryptogamia).- — Sub-kingdom of the Thallus 

 Plants. — The Tangles, or Algse (Primary Aigse, Green Algse, Brown 

 Algae, Red Algss.) — The Thread-plants, or Inophytes (Lichens and 

 Fungi). — Sub-kingdom of the Prothallus Plants. — The Mosses, or 

 Muscinse (Water-mosses, Liverworts, Leaf-mosses, Bog-mosses). — 

 The Ferns, or FUicinsB (Leaf-ferns, Bamboo-ferns, Water-ferns, 

 Scale-ferns). — Sub-kingdom of Flowering Plants (Phanerogamia). — 

 The Gymnosperms, or Plants with Naked Seeds (Palm-ferns 

 = Cycadese ; Pines = Coniferae.) — The Angiosperms, or Plants with 

 Enclosed Seeds. — Monocotylse. — Dicotylse. — Cup-blossoms (Ape- 

 talse). — Star-blossoms (Diapetalse).— Bell-blossoms (Gamopetalse) 1 



CHAPTER XVIII. 



PEDIGREE AND HISTORY OF THE ANIMAL KINGDOM. 



I. Animal-Plants and Worms. 



The Natural System of the Animal Kingdom. — Linnaeus and Lamarck's 

 Systems. — The Four Types of Bar and Cuvier. — Their Increase to 

 Seven Types. — Genealogical Importance of the Seven Types as 

 Independent Tribes of the Animal Kingdom. — Derivation of 

 Zoophytes and Worms from Primaeval Animals. — Monophyletic and 

 Polyphyletic Hypothesis of the Descent of the Animal Kingdom. 

 — Common Origin of the Four Higher Animal Tribes out of the Worm 

 Tribe. — Division of the Seven Animal Tribes into Sixteen Main 

 Classes, and Thirty-eight Classes. — Primaeval Animals (Monera, 

 Amoebae, Synamcebae), Gregarines, Infusoria, Planaeades, and Gas- 

 trseades (Planula and Gastrula). — Tribe of Zoophytes. — Spongise 

 (Mucous Sponges, Fibrous Sponges, Calcareous Sponges).— Sea 

 Nettles, or Acalephse Corals, Hood-jellies, Comb-jeUies). — Tribe of 

 Worms ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... .•• 11' 



