NATURAL ARRANGEMENT. 



543 



489. Division 6. Chceturina. 

 lig. 0. herb. 1. £ 1 ft. 



197 Charturus Lk. 0 1 



490. Division 7. Asperellince. 

 lig. 0. fork 2. £ 4 ft. 



288 LeeraVz Swz. 0 2 



491. Division 8. Hexdndra. 

 11C2 Oryza i. 



Paniculutce multijibrce. 



492. Suborder 1. ^ VENA^CEJE. 

 lig. 0. fork 101. £ 24 ft. 3 ft 



223 .4vena L. *0 19 

 226 Dan th onto Dec *0 4 



224 Trisetum Pers. *0 20 



225 Tricha^ta Beauv. 0 1 

 221 Deschampsia Beauv. *0 12 



218 Corynephorus Beauv. *0 2 

 2855 Arrhenatherum/?t>awy.0 *3 

 2854 #61cus /.. *0 2 



200 Hierbchloe Gm. *0 3 



219 Aira L. *0 12 



209 Peribalia Trin. 0 1 

 251 Melica L. *0 9 

 208 Air6psis Desv. 0 4 



248 Schismus Beauv. 0 1 



249 Triodia R. Br. *0 1 



229 Phragmites Trin. *0 1 



230 ^rundo With. 0 4 



210 Psamma Beauv. *0 1 



289 Arundinaria Mx. 0 1 



493. Suborder II. FESTUCA\ 



CE2E. 



lig. 0. herb. 75. £ 17 ft. 



238 Festkca L. *0 47 

 2844 Cymbopbgon S/?r. 



240 Mygalurus Lk. *0 6 



257 Scler6chloa Beauv. *0 6 



242 Rostraria A7ra. 0 1 



236 Dactylis L. *0 8 



246 Diplachne Beauv. 0 1 



247 Cerat6chloa Beauv. 0 1 

 244 Unlola L. 0 4 



91 Corycarpus Z<?a 0 I 



494. Suborder III. GLYCE'. 

 RINE. 



lig. 0. herb. 182. £ 29| ft. ; =& 5± ft 

 235 Kcelerta Pers. *0 16 



X~tl jDrOTLl US 



*0 



48 



239 Schedonbrus Beauv. 



*0 



17 



245 Tricuspis Beauv. 



0 



1 



AO i ijiycena it. nr. 



*0 



1 



258 Hydrbchloa Har. 



*0 



4 



roa 



*0 



66 



256 Megastachya Beauv. 



0 



7 



255 Eragrbstis Beauv. 



0 



9 



253 J?rlza Z,. 



*0 



9 



252 Mohnia Schrank 



*0 



2 



220 Catabrbsa Beauv. 



*0 



2 



495. Suborder IV. ECHINA- 



267 



RlA y CE2E. 

 % 0. fork 1. £ 1 ft. 

 ;hinaria Desv. 0 



496. Suborder V. CYNOSU. 



ROI'DEJE. 

 lig. 0. fork 15. £ 7 ft. 

 234 Cynosurus L. *0 1 



232 Chrysbrus Mx. *0 4 

 277 iEgopogon Hum. 0 2 



233 Seslerza Sco. *0 8 

 179 Amphipogon R. Br. 



Subbiflbrce. 



497. Suborder I. PANl'CEM. 

 lig. 0. herb. 78. £ 20| ft. 



189 Orthopbgon R. Br. 



0 



1 



188 Echinbchloa Beauv. *0 7 



186 Panicum L. 0 25 

 173 Pennisetum Rich. 0 7 



187 Setaria ^aww. *0 23 



191 Penicillaria Beauv. 0 "2 



192 Isachne 7J. .#r. 0 1 

 185 Digitaria Sco. *0 12 

 283 Perotis i/. K. 



498. Suborder II. TRISTE- 



GIN2E. 

 lig. 0. fork 1. £ 1 ft. 

 206 Tristegis Nees 0 1 



499. Suborder III. ANTHOX. 



A' NTH mm. 

 lig. 0. herb. 7. £ 5 ft. 

 90 Anthoxanthum L. *0 7 



500. Suborder IV. EHRHA R- 



TINM 

 988 Ehrharta Thun. 

 409 Microla^na Beauv. 



501. Suborder V. ACTINO\ 

 DEM. 

 lig. 0. fork 5. £ 3| ft. 

 2850 Atheropbgon jV/fo. 0 1 

 264 Actinbchloa W. 0 4 



VUliflbrce. 

 lig. 0. fork 24. £ 13| ft. 

 198 Lagurus L. 0 1 



287 Imperata Cur. 0 1 



284 Saccharum L. 



286 Trichola^na R. $ S. 



2845 Heteropogon Beauv. 0 1 

 2844 Cymbopbgon Str. 



2841 Andropbgon W 0 4 



285 Erianthus Mx. 0 2 



2847 Anatherum Beauv. 0 1 

 2853 Chrysopogon 0 1 

 2843 Pollinia Spr. 0 1 



2842 Ripidium Trin. 0 2 

 2852 Sorghum W. en. 0 8 

 2856 JschaVmum L. 



2846 Apluda L. 



289 Arundinaria Mx. 0 1 



2848 Anthisteria W. 



222 Eriachne R. Br. 0 1 



268 Papp6phorum Schreb. 



Bracteiflbrce. 



984 Bambtuia Schr. 



985 Melocanna TYira. 



986 Vastus J. 



Dectince. 

 lig. 0. herb. 7. j£ 6 ft. ; =*= 5| ft 

 2604 Tripsacum L. 0 2 



2634 Zizania L. 0 3 



2635 Pharus L. 

 2606 Olyra W. 

 2603 Cbix L. 



2602 Zea i. 0 2 



2858 Potamophila R. Br 

 2680 Pariana Aubl. 



Anomalce. 

 lig. 0. fork 1. £ 2 ft. 

 168 Lygeum L. 0 1 



Second Grand Division, CELLULA'RES. 



Genera 376, Species 2859 ; Hot-house Species 202 ; Green-house Species 84 ; Hardy Ligneous Species 0; 

 ' ffarrfy Herbaceous Species 2573. { 0 feet; £ 21 feet; & 2 feet. 

 The characteristics of this division have already been explained in the preliminary observations upon the 

 natural orders ; and the remarks which were required for each natural order of Cellulares have already been 

 given in Cryptogamia in the body of the work. It has, therefore, been thought advisable to adopt from Pro- 

 fessor Agardh such observations as he has made upon the orders, as a sort of contrast to those already given. 



Class I. FOLIA^CEJE. 



Genera 103, Species 837 ; Hot-house Species 202 ; Green -house Species 84 ; Hardy Ligneous Species 0 ; 

 Hardy Herbaceous Species 127. £ 0 feet; £ 21 feet ; 2 feet. 



502. Order I. FPLICES. 



Genera 53, Species 380 ; Hot-house Species 201 ; Green-house Species 82 ; Hardy Ligneous Species 0 ; 

 Hardy Herbaceous Species 97. i 0 feet ; £ 19| feet ; * 0 feet. 

 Of these the stem is perennial, often subterraneous and creeping, and occasionally becoming arborescent 

 and leafy above the ground. The fronds or leaves are usually pinnatifid, and more or less compound ; some- 

 times nearly simple and entire, with reticulated veins. The capsules are minute, one-celled, seldom many- 

 celled, brown, membranous, and surrounded by a thick articulated elastic ring, irregularly bursting, and either 

 clustered on the lower surface of the frond, or compound in spikes. Their vernation is circinate, and some 

 are propagated by bulbs. The old botanists denied any fruit whatever to Ferns ; believing the seeds of these 

 plants to be so rare as to invest any body with invisibility who could collect them. Afterwards, their capsules 

 were believed to be their seeds. Linnams, and some others, doubted whether their fructification were seeds or 

 pollen. Finally, the experiments of Ehrhart and Lindsay proved, beyond all cavil, that they were really seeds. 

 As to the male organs nothing is known ; some suppose them to be glands of the frond, others the elastic ring, 

 some the indusium, and others the pores of the epidermis ; lastly, Martius has supposed them to be the mem- 

 brane including the spiral vessels. Ferns are chiefly inhabitants of the torrid zone, becoming rarer as we 

 approach the poles. They delight in a humid soil, and they often grow parasitically upon trees. The medi- 

 cinal virtues of some are highly astringent, of others anthelmintic, of otners purgative; some have acquired 

 celebrity for their pectoral, others for their corroborant, qualities. The young leaves and roots of some 



