118 GENERA IN CLASS XXIV. CRYPTOGAMIA. 



...Hypnum [feather moss)... Fontinalis [water ?)ioss) . , ,and Poly- 

 trichum [hair moss). 



Order 3. Hepaticte*, which comprehends me genera... Mar- 

 chantia...Jungermannia...Targionia...Anthroceros... Blasia 

 ...and Riccia. 



Order 4. Alg^e, flags. The plants comprehended under this 

 order have their root, stem, and leaf, all in one. The cha- 

 racters of the fructification of this order are not yet known, ex- 

 cepting the few descriptions given by Michelius. The genera 

 are six, viz. Lichen (Ziaer-tt;orO...TREMELLA..,Fucus...ULVA... 

 Conferva... and Byssus. 



Order 5. Fungi, mushrooms. The genera of this order are 

 given by Linnceus, after the method of Dillenius. The fructifi- 

 cation being imperfectly known, no character can be assigned 

 for this order, farther than the title, which is familiar to every 

 one. The genera are tivehe ; I. Capped, four genera, viz. Aga- 

 ricus... Boletus... Hydnum... Phallus. 2. Without a cap, eight 

 genera... Clathrus... Helvella... Peziza...Clavaria... Lycoper- 



DON...MuCOR...OcTOSPORA..,and SPiERIA, 



* These were formerly blended with the algre, but have since been separated by 

 the learned president of the Linna?,in Society, X)r. Smith. Editor. 



f Linnaus tells us, he preferred the method of Dillenius for the fungi to that 

 qf Michelius ; because it was plain to every one ; whereas that of Michetius, though 

 fhat author has thrown great light upon this tribe, required too nice an inspection. 



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