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ries it's form, by iofmg it's lower leaves, and 
lengthening fome of it's upper ones, fo as to be 
miftaken by unikilful botanifts for different 
plants: it grows on the iliores of this country. 
The laft order of the clafs Cryptogam ia con- 
fills of the Fungufes, or Fungi. Linneus has 
divided this order of plants according to the 
method of Dillenius; indeed he does not 
feem himfelf to have attended to any of the 
orders of this obfcure clafs, with that inde- 
fatigable refearch, which characterizes his la- 
bours in regard to the other part of the 
vegetable kingdom ; but, with a candour be- 
longing to true knowledge, he frankly owns 
himfelf indebted to Dillenius, and Micheli, 
for the information he is able to give the 
world refpefting them. The method of Dil- 
lenius, which Linneus has followed, is founded 
upon the figure of the Stipe, or Foot-flalk ; 
the hat, or upper part, with it's plates, holes* 
and cavities ; and from the variety of ftructure 
in thefe parts, has divided the whole Fungus 
tribe into ten Genera. The fudden appear- 
ance of thefe kinds of plants, in places where 
they had not been known before, gave rife to 
the belief, that they had their origin from 
putrefaction; but this has been clearly proved 
to be a miftake, and that they are produced 
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