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Hedwig, Bride], Beauvois, Hooker, and 

 Greville. The Jungermania have been 

 comprised in an excellent work by our 

 countryman De Schweinitz, entitled, Sped 

 men Florce Jim, Sept, crypto gamicm sistens Mus- 

 cos Hepaticos^ Sic. published at Raleigh in 

 1821. The marine and freshwater jilgce of 

 this country have been almost entirely ne- 

 glected. The few that were noted by 

 Muhlenberg in his catalogue amounting to 

 thirty one species, some described by 

 Agardh from specimen sent him by our bo- 

 tanists, and a paper in the Annals of the 

 Linnean Society of Paris, contain the only 

 notices we have of this interesting and va- 

 ried tribe. 



The Lichens^ in proportion to the number 

 of species enumerated, have received a 

 larger share of attention than any other 

 branch of cryptogamous botany. A cata- 

 logue published in the Annals of our Ly- 

 ceum, by Mr. Halsey, of those found in the 

 neighbourhood of this city, comprises one 

 hundred and seventy-five species ; a large 

 number considering the limited district ex- 

 amined, and the unfavorable nature of this 

 region to the growth and developement of 



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