NATURAL HISTORY. 



Plate 



230. Fig. 12. Jngiofpermla, feeds inclofed in a pericar- 



pium or feed-vefTel, as in many genera, 

 Anterrhmum, Cyharla, Sec. 



231. Lettered Botany, Orders, Plate V. 



Fig. 13. Siliculofa, pericarpium a filicula, as in Thalafbl 

 _ (fhepherd's purfe), Drabn, kc. 



14. Stliquofa, pericarpium a iiliqiia, as in Rnbha- 



nus, Smapis, Brajfica, &:c. 



15. Polygamic! jEqualis, flowers compound, all 



the florets hermaphrodite,' as in Leontodon, 

 Hierac'nim, &:c. 



16. Polygamui Superfua, florets of the difl< her- 



maphrodite, thofe of the radius female, as 

 in Bdlh (garden daify), Ti^ilago, Senedo, 



17. Polygamia Necejarla, flowers or florets of 



the di(]{ male, thofe of the radius female, 

 as in Calaulula, Chryfogonum 



18. Polygamia Frujlranea, florets of the diflv her- 



maphrodite, thofe of the radius neuter, as 

 in Centaurea, Sclerocarpus, Rudbeckla 



19. Polygamia Segregata, many partial cups con- 



tained m the common calyx, which feparate 

 and furround the flofcula, as in Echinops, 

 Gundeha, Sphxranthus, &c. 



20. Trioecia, have the polygamy or parts of fruc- 



tification on three different plants, as in 

 Ficus, and alfo Ceratonla 



21. Felices, fruftification dorfiferous (on the 



back of the leaf), as in AfpUnmm, Adian- 

 thum, Tricbomanes, Sec. 



22. Mu/ci, anthers without filaments ; female 



flowers diftinft and without piftiUum : 

 feeds a naked corculum without cotyledon 

 or_tunic._ With or without a calyptra or 

 veil, as in £ryum, Hypnum, Buxbaumia, 

 Sec. 

 Oif. To the order Mufci, Gmelin and 

 other botanifts add the following (Hepa- 

 tic^), comprehending Marcbantla, as the 

 lait genus of Mufci after Jungermania. 

 Linnaeus had left it with Alga; 



23. Hepatic^, herbage frondofe in general, the 



fruftification originating from what is at 



'i^/? '^^r" -''""^ '"'''' '^"'^ ^"'^ ''^'"'f' as in 

 Marchantui, Jungermania, Sec. 



24. Alg^ root, ftem, and leaf, in one, as Fncus, 



Ulva, Lichen, kc. 

 23- Fungi, mufhrooms, as in Agaricus, Boletus, 

 &c. 



Class Ckyptogamia. 

 Addenda to the Mufci, in Illujlration of the Fringes of Mrjfes. 



* Furnijhed with Jingle Fringes. 

 232. Lettered Botany, Plate Fringes of Mofl-es. 



Fig. I. Tetraphis. Fringe of four teeth, as in Mnium 

 pellucnlum. Thefe are ereft, acute, firm, 

 pohflied, and permanent 



2. Odoblepharum. Fringe of eight teeth, as in 



Bryum albtdum. Capfule without an apo- 

 phyfis -"^ 



3. Splachnum. Fringe of 16 teeth, dilated at 



the bafe, approaching each otlier in pairs. 



Plate 



Capfule cylindrical, Handing on a flefh/ 

 bafe or apophyfis 

 232. Fig. 4. Encalypta. Fringe of 1 6 linear upright teeth. 

 Veil ample and bell-fliaped 



5. Pterogonium. Fringe of 16 linear upright 



teeth. Capfule from a lateral flieath 



6. Grimmia. Fringe of 16 equi-diftant teeth, 



dilated at the bafe. Veil cylindrical 



7. Conojlomum. Fringe of 16 tapering teeth, 



approaching each other in pairs, and all 

 cohering at the points, as in Bryum tetra- 

 gonum, Dickfon, Grimmia conofloma. Smith 

 Engl. Botany 



8. Dicranum. Fringe of 16 flat, fomewhat in- 



flefted teeth, cloven half-way down 



9. Trichojlomum. Fringe of 32 linear ftraightifti 



teeth, approaching each other in pairs, 

 fometimes joined at the bafe in pairs 



10. Tortula. Fringe of numerous linear teeth, 



fpirally and repeatedly twifl:ed together 



1 1. Syntrichium. In fome fpecies of Tortula the 



teeth are united into a cylinder at the 

 bafe, pierced with numerous holes, upon 

 which fome recent botanifts have founded 

 this new genus 



* * The following Genera are furnijhed with a double Fringe, 

 Jomefw Species o/Orthotrichum undone of the Buxbaurais 

 perhaps excepted. 



Fig. 12. Orthotrichum. Capfule terminal. Outer fringe 

 of 16 teeth ; inner of 8 on 6 linear ones, 

 lometimes altogether deficient. Veil fur- 

 rowed 



^^/ The fringe is fometimes variable. 

 Orthotrichum pumilum has but eio-ht teeth 

 in the outer fringe. " 



13. Netera. Capfule from a lateral fcaly flieath. 



Outer fringe of x6 teeth; inner of 16 

 capillary ones. Veil naked and even 



14. Funarm. Capfule obovate. Outer fringe of 



16 oblique teeth, cohering at the points • 

 inner, of 16 flat teeth. Veil quadrangular 



15. Buxbaumia. Capfule oblique, gibbous on 



one fide. Outer fringe of 16 very fliort 

 teeth ; inner, membranous and plaited 

 Obf. In Buxbaumia foliofa the outer fringe 

 IS fcarcely perceptible ; it is reprefented 

 at fig. 16. 



17. Bartramia. Capfule fpherical, furrowed 



Outer fringe of 16 awl-fliaped teeth ; in- 

 ner, membranous, laciniated. Lip deprefltd 



18. Mntum. Capfule terminal, cylindrical, fur- 



rowed. Outer fringe of 16 awl-lhaped 

 teeth ; inner, membranous, laciniated 



19. Bryum. Capfule ovate-oblong, fmooth. 



Outer fringe of 16 teeth, dilated at the 



bafe; inner, membranous, toothed. Flowers 

 terminal 



20. Hypnum. Capfule ovate-oblong, from a la- 



teral fcaly /heath. Outer fringe of 16 

 teeth, dilated at the bafe ; inner, mem- 

 branous, varioufly toothed. Veil fmooth 



2 1. Fontinalis. Capfule enveloped in a lateral 

 fcaly flieath. Outer fringe of 16 teeth 

 dilated at the bafe ; inner reticulated ' 



22. Polytrichum. Outer fringe of 32 or 64 flat 

 inflexed teeth ; inner, a tranfverfe orbicu- 



