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Official  Pharmacy. 
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term  mould.  The  order  Mucorini,  or  Moulds,  belongs  to  the  class 
Conjugate,  of  the  pr.  div.  Zygospores,  aud  is  the  only  order  of  this 
division  which  contains  no  chlorophyll,  although  related  by  class 
limits  to  the  unicellular  alga?,  composing  the  orders  Desmidiacece 
and  the  wonderful  Diatomacece.  Now  the  so-called  common  blue 
mould,  Penicillium  glaucum,  is  not  a  mould,  but  a  saprophytic  fungus 
of  the  order  Tuberacece,  class  Ascomycetes,  pr.  div.  Carposporece. 
The  primitive  plants  called  Slime  Moulds  are  otherwise  the  class 
Jlyxomycetes,  pr.  div.  Prdtophyta. 
The  official  species  belonging  to  the  genus  Chondrus  are  marine 
alga?  of  the  order  Gigartinece,  class  Floridece,  pr.  div.  Carposporece. 
The  fungus  of  Ergot  belongs  to  the  order  Pyrenomycetes,  class 
Ascomycetes,  pr.  div.  Carposporece. 
The  fungus  Ustilago  Maydis,  or  corn  smut  subsists  parasitically  in 
the  tissues  and  chiefly  the  ovary  of  Zea  Mais,  and  belongs  to  the 
order  Ustilaginece,  class  Ascomycetes,  pr.  div.  Carposporeo3. 
The  Phanerogam ia,  or  floral  plants,  compose  the  two  classes  of 
Gymnospermce  and  Angiospermce.  The  latter  also  contains  two  sub- 
classes, the  Monocotyledones  and  the  Dicotyledones,  divided  into 
numerous  cohorts. 
In  the  Animal  Realm  the  Pharmacopoeia  extended  its  classification 
as  far  as  classes,  but  in  the  Realm  of  Plants  it  does  not  go  beyond 
orders.    The  force  of  such  discrimination  is  not  apparent. 
It  appears  that  the  orders  Melanthacea?  and  Smilaceae  of  the  Phar- 
macopoeia have  no  existence,  but  colchicum,  sarsaparilla,  cevadilla 
and  veratrum  belong  to  the  order  Liliacece. 
There  is  no  order  Zingiberacea?,  but  there  is  a  sub-order  Zingiberce, 
order  Scitaminece,  cohort  Amomales. 
The  chestnut  and  oak  are  in  the  sub-order  Quercinece,  order  Cupu- 
Uferce. 
The  elms  belong  to  the  order  Ulmacece  of  the  cohort  Urticales,  and 
not,  as  officially  stated,  to  the  order  Urticacece.  As  the  latter  contains 
no  sub-orders,  consequently  Ulmese  has  no  existence. 
For  this  reason  there  is,  also,  no  sub-order  Cannabinese ;  but  hemp 
and  hop  are  of  the  order  Cannabinece,  cohort  Urticales. 
For  the  same  reason  there  is,  also,  no  sub-order  Artocarpeae  ;  but  fig 
belongs  to  the  order  Moracece,  cohort  Urticales. 
Storax  is  of  the  order  Styracacece,  and  not  of  Hamamelacece,  as 
referred  officially. 
