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SYNOPSIS OF THE PEANT KINGDOM 
1 . 
2 . 
Thallophyta 
1. Myxomycetes 
2. Schizophyta 
(1) Schizophyceae 
(2) Schizomycetes 
3. Flagellata 
4. Diatomacese 
5. Chlorophycese 
( 1 ) Heterocontae 
(2) Aconte 
(3) Isocontae 
a. Cellular series 
b. Siphonous series 
( 4 ) Stephanocontse 
6. Phaeophyce^ 
7 . Rhodophyceae 
8. Eumycetes 
(1 ) Phy corny cetes 
(2) Ascomycetes 
Rower Plants 
Blue-Green Algae 
Bacteria 
Diatoms 
Green Algae 
Conferva 
Spirogyra, Zygnema, Desmids 
Ulothrix, Draparnaldia, 
Pleurococcus 
Vaucheria, Cladophora 
Oedogonium 
Brown seaweeds 
Red seaweeds 
True fungi 
Molds 
Mildews, Dothidella, Taphrina, 
Penicillium 
( 3 ) Laboulbeniomy- 
cetes 
(4) Basidiomycetes 
9. Lichenes 
10. Char ales 
Embryophyta 
1 . Atracheata 
( 1 ) Hepaticae 
(2) Musci 
2. Tracheata 
( 1 ) Lycopsida 
(2) Pteropsida 
1. Aspermae 
2. Gymnospermae 
3. Angiospermae 
1 . Dicotyle- 
doneae 
2. Mono- 
cotyledoneae 
Parasitic on insects. 
Rusts, Smuts, Mushrooms, etc. 
Lichens 
Embryo plants 
Moss Plants 
Scale Mosses, Marchantia, etc. 
True Mosses, Mnium, Hypnum, 
Vascular Plants: Woody Plants 
Lycopodium, Selaginella ^ 
Equisetum 
Ferns 
Pine, Ginkgo, Cypress, etc. 
Smartweed, Bean, Sunflower, etc. 
Grass, Asparagus, Lily, 
Canna, etc. 
