Synopsis. — {OniduHcil.) 
Branch III. — Bryophyia. 
Class H).— llKi-Ari<..i;. 
Jiiiigcrmaiinbccii'. 
Ricciaccu*. 
.XiUlioccrotactw. 
.M.ircliainucc«‘. 
FouniJ only in recent formations— Tcrii.uy .nnd Qu.iicrnary. 
.Vitri/ianlia. 
Cuss II .Moscin.k. 
Or tiers — Sph.igiutcif. 
AndrtiiccX'. 
Fhascacetc, 
JJryaccie. 
Fossils found only in the Tertiary and Quatlernary. Gymno- 
stoiiiiim, Jlypnete. 
Branch IV. — Pteridophyta, 
Class 12, — Fii.iti.s'.v,. 
Orders— l''iliccs. 
.Salviniaccu*. 
M.irsiliaccii’. 
Opliioglossaccn'. 
Maraiiiaccw. 
Fossil representatives numerous from the Devonmn (/’■j/Xo, 
Protostslrinia, Xeiiropieris. Splieiiopieris, etc) iliroiigh the car- 
boniferous to recent lonnalions. 
Class Io. — K i.iL'isnis.r;. 
Orders — Miiuisctacelf. 
Cal.-imilic, 
.\nmilaricii‘, 
.\sieropliyllii;i‘. 
Fossil reprcsenialives mimcroiis from the Devonian (C.//.r- 
mites, Asttiophyliites, ete.) and ilirougliout llie carboniferous. 
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Class H. — SpiiiNorHVLi.E.i;. 
Order — Sphcnopltyllaccfl-. 
fossil representatives in the tiiluro-Cambrian and upward. 
Class 1.>. — I.vcopooi.v.l. j 
l.ycoj)odtacea:. 
PsilouccK-. 
Sclaginellacca*. ■ 
Isoctacca*. 
Fossil reprcscniativc' numerous and often very large, from the 
I Cp|.cr Silurian c/,-.,) through the Devonian (/.r/i- 
dtsdendron) and Carboniferous. 
Branch V. — Spermaphyta. 
Class !•!. — Gvu.vospkkji i . 
Orders — Cycadacca-. 
Coiiifcrji*. 
Taxaccie. 
Gneiace:i'. 
Fossil representatives \ery numerous ftom the Devonian 
{Dadexylen, Cordaites,ete.) anil llirougli the Carboniferous and 
more recent formations. 
ClAS.S 17 . — ANOfOSl'KRlt.l . 
Sub- Class L— .Monocotyledons. 
Sub Class 2. — Dicotyledons. 
Orders numerous. 
Fossil representatives arc very numerous as leaves, lignite, 
•S:c., from the 1‘erinian upward, bccotning more numerous in re- 
cciit formatious. 
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