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BOTANY. 



the genetic relations) of the seyen great divisions of plants, 

 so far as they can be shown upon a plane surface : 



Apetalm. 

 Monocotyledones. I 



Ohm'ipetalcB. 



Dicotyledones. 



Gtmnospbrm^. 



Ahgiosperm^. 



.PHANERO- 

 GAMIA. 



PTERIDOPHYTA. 



BRYOPHYTA. 



CARPOPHYTA. 



OOPHYTA. 



ZYGOPHYTA. 



PROTOPHYTA. 

 808.— The Distribution of Plants in Time. If we bring 

 together what is yet known as to Fossil Botany (Phytopalse- 

 ontology), ashasbeendonebySchimper,* we find that the 



* " Traite de Paleontologie Vegetale," par W. Ph. Schimper. Paris 

 1869 to 1874. This work of three large octavo volumes (aggregating 

 2696 pp.) and a quarto atlas of 110 plates is a most valuable one for 

 the student of Phytopalseontology. 



