544 



NATURAL ARRANGEMENT. 



constitute an article of footl ; beer is obtained iVom the roots of others; and, finally, Aspidium frhcrans has 

 been used as tea. Division and seeds. J* f biaus hos 



503. Tribe 1. Polypoi)i.\\-e.e. 

 lig 0. A«t6. S3. £ 17i t\. 



2901 PolybcMrya H. if B. 



2902 Acr6*tichuni L. 

 S90S //eraioiiUis 



S9(H Gymnogi ^lnlna D^si: 1 

 8905 Meniscium Si/inh. 



2906 Xiph6ptiTis KnuJf. 



2907 Ctt, rach W. 1 



2908 Polvpodium L. •OS 



2909 Ta'Mitis 5u'i. 



i?*»10 NothtKhlaj^na B. Br. 



2911 Niph6bolus Kauif. 



2912 Onoclia L. 2 



2913 Struthiopteris IV. 2 



2914 .\llos6rus Bcrn/i. *0 1 



2915 EUoboc&rpus Kaulf. 

 291ti Parkt^ria Hook. 



2917 Lomkria }V. •O 1 



2918 .Blechnum L. 1 



2919 Woodw&rd/a Sm. 2 



2920 Do6dia R. Br. 



2921 



2922 

 2<>2.) 

 21>.H 

 2925 

 2*h:(; 

 2«>27 

 2S>28 

 29-9 

 2930 

 2931 

 2932 

 2933 

 2934 

 2935 

 2936 

 2937 

 2938 

 2939 

 2940 

 2941 

 2942 

 2943 



*0 



.i^spl^nium L. *0 

 Ciendpteris Berg. 

 Allanti.dia B. Br. 

 Soolopi^iidrium Sm. •O 

 Dipl^lzium Sw2. 

 /•tJ ris L. 

 V it t Aria Sm. 

 7,onch'itis 



A n t rbpli y u m Ka ulf. 

 Wdi&ntum L. 

 Linds^fV Dry. 

 ("hcilaiithes i'lvz. 

 Dav&li/fl Sm. 

 Dicksbn/a Herit. 

 Bal&iitium Kaulf. 

 Cibbtium Kaulf. 

 Alsophila R. Br. 

 Aspidium Swz. *0 

 Pleopeltis Huvi. 

 \Vo6dsza R. Br. *0 

 Cyathea Sm. 

 rrich6manes L. *0 

 Hymenophyllum Sm. *0 



504. Tribe 2. Osmi;nda^cejs. 

 lig. 0. herb. 6. 7 f t 



2944 Todert W. 



2945 Osm6nda L. *0 



2946 Lyg6dium Stvx. 



2947 AiK'imia Swz. 



2948 Schiza;'a Sm. 



505. Tribe 3. Gleichenie"**. 

 lis. 0. herb. 1. £ 2 ft. 



2949 Gleichfinm Sm. 



506. Tribe 4. Ophiogl6sse«. 

 lig. 0. herb. 7. £ 3i ft. 



2950 Botrychium Stvz. *0 



2951 Ophiogl6ssum L. *0 



507. Tribe 5. MABATTiA^'CEiE. 



2952 Mar&ttia Sm. 



2953 Danae^fl Sm. 



508. Order II. EQU1SETATE.S;. 

 Genus 1, Species 10 ; Hot-house Species ; Green-house Species 0; Hardy Ligneous Species ; 

 Hardy Herbaceous Species 10. .t feet ; £ 6| feet ; ^ feet. 



Marsh plants, with a verticillate arrangement of their branches, and a highly indurated epidermis. Their 

 seeds are remarkable for a hygrometrical movement. The quality of some is said to be hurtful to cattle, 

 which is denied by others. Formerly they were used in medicine as astringents and diuretics. £quisfetum 

 hyemkle has been employed for tea, and as a polishing material for furniture, under the name of Dutch 

 rushes. Divisions. 



2954 jEquis^tum L. *0 10 



509. Order III. LYCOPODI'NE.E. 

 Genera 2, Species 19 ; Hot-house Species 1 ; Green-house Species 2 ; Hardy Ligneous Species ; 

 Hardy Herbaceous Species 16. feet ; j£ 4 feet ; ^ 1 foot. 



With the habits of mosses they have the seeds of ferns. They are herbaceous prostrate plants, with imbri- 

 cated sim.ple leaves. Lycopodium complan^tum, Selhgo, and claviitum are used as dyes ; the sporules of Lyco- 

 pMium clav^tum are said to be employed for ameliorating wine, and are also used in making fire-works, on 

 account of their inflammable nature. The herb of Lycopodium clav^tum and Sel^go is emetic, and produces 

 abortion. Lycopbdium Phlegmkria is reputed an aphrodisiac. Divisions. 



2955 Lycop6dium L. *0 16 | 2956 Psilbtum Swz. 



510. Order IV. MARSILEAXRE. 



Genera i, Species ^ ; Hot-house Species ; Green-house Species ; Hardy Ligneous Species ; 

 Hardy Herbaceous Species 4. JO feet ; £ 1 foot ; ^ 2 feet. 



Floating or erect simple-leaved plants of no known use. The Marsileas, which are to some countries what 

 L^mna is to this, are not known in cultivation. Plants. 



2957 Isoetes L. *0 1 | 2959 Salvinia Mich. 1 



2958 Pilulkria L. *0 1 | 2960 Marsika L. 1 



511. Order V. MU'SCI. 



Genera 37, Species 330. 



Winter plants, reviving in humid air, abundant about the poles, rare at the equator. They cover the moun- 

 tains of the earth as high as the limits of perpetual snow ; growing in patches, they clothe the most barren 

 spots with verdure, preser\ e trees from heat and cold, prepare the earth for nourishing more perfect plants, 

 and fill up bogs and morasses with vegetable matter. To the economy of nature they are, therefore, more 

 subservient than to the purposes of man. Medicinal astringent properties were formerly ascribed to some few, 

 but they are now neglected or forgotten. 



512. Order VI. HEPA'TIC.^ 

 Genera 6, Species 94. 



Creeping small plants, with their leaves arranged in an imbricated manner. They differ from Lichens in 

 structure, color, and fruit; from M6sci, in the dehiscence of their capsule. Their qualities are mild, if any; 

 some of them are fragrant. 



Class II. APHY'LL^. 



Genera 273, Species 2022. 



The genera under the following orders, being arranged under the same orders in the Linnean system, 

 according to their natural affinities, are not here repeated. 



513. Order VII. A'LG^. 

 Genera 79, Species 453. 



Plants ascending from the simplest form knovm in vegetation to a very compound state. The lowest are 

 filiform, leafless, with their fructification immersed ; the highest are leafy, with the fructification included in 

 an indehiscent wart-like pericarpium Some copulate like animals, others have a spontaneous motion like 

 worms. Their color is lively, in the lowest grades green, in the highest red or purple. Some are ephemeral 



