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General Diftrthuuon P L A NTS accor~ 
d'tng to Mr. R a y’s Synopjis, 
Ti /I' R. Ray divides all Veget^tbles into 
iVj, two dalles, the ijl comptifes all im- 
jperfe6i and perfe6t Plants, Whether Soft or 
Shrubby the zd, P’rees and Shrubs. 
The firft dafs he divides into xxviii Heads, 
of which the three firft contain the imperfect 
Kinds, (thefe, efpecially the Mojfes, were firft 
^irought into Method by Dr. Dillenius, prefent 
Profelibr of Botany at Oxford.') 
Genus I. He calls FuHgusf which is the low* 
eft kindof V^egetableSj bearing neither Flower 
nor Seed, as has yet been dilcovered. This takes 
not only in,^ wW is commonly known by the 
Name of Mujherbon of Toad-fool, but every 
fpongy Excrelcence of the Earth, Trees or 
Timber expofed to the Air, even Walls and 
Vaults not excepted. This Kind differs from all 
others in 
r. That it has nothing like the Colour of an Herb, 
nor properly fpeaking any Leaves. 
2. That in Shape (which is various) it has no affi- 
nity with any Herb whatever. 
5. That it fuddenly grows, and as it owes it’.s Birth 
to Putrefaction, for the moft part alfo fbon decays. 
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