divisions bifid or di--tri-chotomous, flat or depressed or channelled
above, usually convex and naked or squamulose beneath; margins naked or
spinulose-ciliate; epidermis usually distinct, eporose; air-cavities
evident or wanting. Capsule immersed, sessile. Calyptra with a
persistent style. Spores alveolate or muriculate, usually flattened and
angular. (Named for _P. F. Ricci_, an Italian nobleman, patron of
Micheli.)
Sec. 1. LICHENODES. _Fruit mostly protuberant above; spores about 84 mu
broad, issuing through openings in the upper surface of the thallus;
terrestrial species (on damp, usually trodden or cultivated ground),
without air-cavities._
[*] _Thallus naked, without cilia or scales._
1. R. Frostii, Aust. Thallus orbicular, 6--12'' broad, thinnish,
grayish-green, the apex and narrowly membranous margins sometimes
purplish, minutely pitted; divisions linear or subspatulate, subtruncate
and slightly emarginate; rootlets smooth or obsoletely papillose within;
capsules very prominent beneath; spores barely 50 mu broad, nearly round,
somewhat margined, with depressed sides when dry, fuscous.--Ohio, Ill.,
and westward.
[*][*] _Thallus with white scales beneath (dark purple in n. 4), the
margin naked._
2. R. sorocarpa, Bisch. Thallus 3--8'' in diameter, pale green becoming
whitish, finely reticulate, subradiately or dichotomously divided, the
oblong-linear segments subacute, deeply sulcate, with a few
inconspicuous scales toward the apex not extending beyond the margin;
margins erect when dry; spores issuing through chinks early appearing
along the groove above.--Thin rocky soil and cultivated fields, Closter,
N. J. (_Austin_), western N. Y. (_Clinton_), and Ill. (_Hall_). (Eu.)
3. R. lamellosa, Raddi. Thallus pale green, elegantly reticulated,
subradiately divided, the divisions obovate or obcordate, bifid or
2-lobed, 2--5'' long, channelled at the apex, with membranous ascending
margins, and furnished beneath with transverse scales which extend
considerably beyond the margin; spores much as in n. 2.--Thin rocky
soil, Closter, N. J. (_Austin_).
4. R. nigrella, DC. Thallus dichotomously divided, the divisions linear,
channelled, with entire narrowly membranous margins, green above, dark
purple beneath and furnished with transverse semicircular scales not
exceeding the margin.--Rocky ground, N. Y. (_Torrey_), and Chester,
Penn. (_Porter_). (Eu.)
[*][*][*] _Thallus more or less ciliate, naked beneath or obsoletely
squamous along the extreme edge._
5. R. arvensis, Aust. Thallus much divided, 3--9'' broad,
papillose-reticulate, dull green both sides, becoming fuscous above, the
flat margins at length purple; divisions sulcate, dichotomous, the
linear-elliptic or subspatulate lobes acutish and obsoletely emarginate;
cilia whitish, very short and inconspicuous or nearly wanting; capsules
aggregated toward the apex; spores 71--84 mu broad, dark fuscous,
reticulate, with pellucid margin.--Var. HIRTA, Aust., decidedly ciliate
and with spine-like hairs scattered over the upper surface; divisions
broader, more obtuse; spores nearly black, larger (84--101 mu) and
smoother.--Cultivated fields and (the var.) rocky places, Closter, N. J.
(_Austin_).
6. R. Lescuriana, Aust. Stellately or subcruciately divided, the
obcordate or cuneate-linear divisions 2--6'' long, punctate-reticulate,
subglaucous or ashy-green both sides or becoming purple beneath, the
slightly concave lobes emarginate, closely ciliate with short obtuse
spine-like white hairs; capsules scattered, chiefly near the base of the
divisions; spores 71--83 mu broad, dark brown, reticulate, not
margined.--Cultivated fields and rocky grounds, N. J. to Ill., and
southward.
Sec. 2. SPONGODES. _Thallus with large air-cavities usually opening by pits
through the upper surface, and with slight depressions over the capsules
which are prominent beneath; spores 41--51 mu broad, obtusely angular or
globose; terrestrial._
7. R. crystallina, L. Orbicular, 6--9'' broad, the obcordate or cuneate
divisions bifid or 2-lobed, flat above and the surface much broken up
into pits, the margins subcrenate; capsules scattered; spores issuing
through the upper surface.--On mud flats, Ill. (_Hall_), west and
southward. (Eu.)
8. R. lutescens, Schwein. Orbicular, 1--11/2' in diameter, light green;
divisions 6--8, linear, 2--3 times forked, narrowly channelled,
obcordate and thickened at the apex, with delicate whitish obliquely
ovate appressed scales, rootlets wanting beneath above the middle;
fruiting plant unknown.--Dried up pools and ditches, Canada to Mo., and
southward. An analogous form has been developed by Lindberg from R.
natans.
9. R. tenuis, Aust. Thallus thin, olive or yellowish-green, shining, the
2--4 divisions roundish-obovate, 2--4'' long, flat, with sinuate
margins, green beneath with a slender costa and few rootlets; capsule
very delicate, closely adherent to the substance of the thallus,
minutely apiculate; spores round or short-oval, conspicuously depressed
at one end when dry.--Wet ground in open woods, Closter and Lawrence,
N. J. (_Austin_), and Mo. (_Hall_).
Sec. 3. RICCIELLA. _Thallus linear, dichotomous, floating or rarely
terrestrial; capsule protuberant from the lower surface._
10. R. fluitans, L. Thallus often in extended patches, thin, green,
radiately expanding, the often imbricate divisions 1/2--11/2'' wide,
parallel-nerved, flat, without rootlets, cavernous only toward the
slightly dilated very obtuse or subtruncate apex; capsules present only
in some terrestrial forms, very prominent below, rupturing beneath the
apex.--Very variable. The most notable form is var. SULLIVANTI, Aust.,
with divisions about 1/2'' wide, channelled, cavernous throughout, the
margins crisped-crenulate, and rootlets numerous on the costa tumid with
abundant capsules, which are tipped with a long funnel-mouthed point;
spores obscurely angled, reticulate and margined. (R. Sullivanti,
_Aust._)--In ponds or ditches or growing in wet places upon the ground;
the variety often in cultivated fields. (Eu.)
Sec. 4. RICCIOCARPUS. _Thallus obcordate, floating or rarely terrestrial;
capsules not protruding, at length exposed by a cleft in the central
groove._
11. R. natans, L. (Pl. 22.) Divisions obcordate or cuneate, broadly
emarginate, 3--6'' long, purplish, very narrowly channelled, with
numerous uniform air-cavities beneath the epidermis, rooting toward the
base and at length with dark purple scales beneath the apex; capsules in
1 or 2 rows beneath the groove; spores black, angular, strongly
papillose.--Canada to the Gulf. (Eu.)
2. SPHAEROCARPUS, Micheli. (Pl. 22.)
Thallus lobed, without costa or epidermis. Involucres sessile, obconic
or pyriform, perforated at the apex, continuous with the thallus at
base. Calyptra closely investing the single globose indehiscent capsule,
crowned with a deciduous point. Spores globose, muriculate, remaining
united in a coccus. Antheridia borne in follicular bodies on the
surface of a separate thallus.--An anomalous genus, perhaps more closely
related to the Jungermanniaceae. (Name from [Greek: sphai~ros], _a
sphere_, and [Greek: karpo/s], _fruit_.)
1. S. terrestris, Smith. Thallus orbicular, 3--6'' broad, covered by the
clustered inflated involucres, which are nearly 1'' long, 3--4 times the
length of the capsule; coccus 102--127 mu wide, indistinctly lobed. (S.
Michelii, _Bellardi_.)--In cultivated fields, mostly southern. (Eu.)
ADDITIONS AND CORRECTIONS.
Page 59.--ARGEMONE MEXICANA. Collected at Merodosia, Ill., with white
flowers, by _A. B. Seymour_.
Page 75.--Insert after Cleome integrifolia--
C. SPINOSA, L. Viscid-pubescent, 3--4 deg. high; a pair of short stipular
spines under the petiole of each leaf; leaflets 5--7, oblong-lanceolate;
flowers large, rose-purple to white; stamens 2--3' long; stipe of the
linear pod about 2' long. (C. pungens, _Willd._)--An escape from
cultivation, near Mt. Carmel, Ill. (_Schneck_), and in waste grounds
southward; also on ballast. (Int. from Trop. Amer.)
Page 86.--Arenaria Groenlandica. Found on Mt. Desert Island, Maine
(_Rand_).
Page 87.--Stellaria borealis. In the mountains of northern N. J.
S. humifusa. This species has also been found on Cranberry Island, near
Mt. Desert, Maine, by _J. H. Redfield_.
Page 91.--Under Talinum teretifolium add the character--style equalling
the stamens.--Insert
2. T. calycinum, Engelm. Leaves somewhat broader; flowers and capsules
larger; stamens 30 or more; style twice longer than the stamens,
declined.--Central Kan. to W. Tex.
Under Claytonia insert--
3. C. Chamissonis, Esch. Weak, procumbent or ascending, rooting below
and perennial by lateral and terminal filiform runners; leaves several
pairs, oblong-spatulate, 1--2' long; inflorescence racemosely
1--9-flowered; petals pale rose-color; capsule small, 1--3-seeded.--In a
cold ravine, Winona Co., Minn.; in the mountains from Colorado north and
westward.
Page 211.--Hydrocotyle Americana. Add--propagating by filiform
tuberiferous stolons.
Page 230.--Insert after the genus Dipsacus--
2. SCABIOSA, Tourn. SCABIOUS.
Characters of Dipsacus, but the green leaves of the involucre and
involucels not rigid nor spinescent. (Name from _scabies_, the itch,
from its use as a remedy.)
S. AUSTRALIS, Wulf. Perennial, sparsely branched, nearly glabrous,
11/2--3 deg. high; leaves narrowly lanceolate to linear, the lower
oblanceolate, slightly toothed or entire; heads short-oblong; calyx
obtusely short-lobed; corolla pale blue.--Central N. Y. and Penn.; rare.
(Adv. from Eu.)
Page 395.--After OROBANCHE MINOR insert--
O. RAMOSA, L. Often branched, 6' high or less, of a pale straw-color;
flowers 3-bracteate, the lateral bracts small; calyx 4-toothed, split at
the back; corolla pale blue, 6--8'' long.--On the roots of hemp and
tobacco; Ky. (Int. from Eu.)
Page 421.--After LAMIUM PURPUREUM insert--
L. INTERMEDIUM, Fries. Resembling L. purpureum, but the calyx-teeth
longer than the tube, the rather narrower corolla without a hairy ring
within near the base, and the nutlet longer (3 times as long as
broad).--Cultivated fields near Hingham, Mass. (_C. J. Sprague_). (Adv.
from Eu.)
Page 427.--Insert in the generic key--
5. Cladothrix. Flowers perfect, minute, axillary. Densely
white-tomentose.
Page 430.--Insert after the genus Froelichia--
5. CLADOTHRIX, Nutt.
Flowers perfect, 3-bracted. Sepals 5, erect, rigid-scarious, somewhat
pilose. Stamens 5, the filaments united at base; anthers large,
1-celled. Stigma large, capitate, 2-lobed. Utricle globose,
indehiscent.--Densely stellate-tomentose low herbs or woody at base,
with opposite petiolate leaves and very small flowers solitary or few in
the axils. (Name from [Greek: kla/dos], _a branch_, and [Greek: thri/x],
_hair_, for the branching tomentum.)
1. C. lanuginosa, Nutt. Prostrate or ascending, much branched; leaves
round-obovate to rhomboidal, 3--10'' long.--Central Kan. (_Meehan_) and
southwestward.
Page 435.--Salsola Kali. This species has been found in Emmet Co., Iowa
(_Cratty_), at Yankton, Dak. (_Bruhin_), and in river-bottoms in N. W.
Neb. and central Dak.
Page 437.--After Eriogonum annuum insert--
2. E. Alleni, Watson. Perennial, white-tomentose throughout, the tall
scape-like stem repeatedly dichotomous above; radical leaves lanceolate,
long-petiolate, the upper in whorls of 4 or 5, ovate to oblong-ovate,
very shortly petiolate, much reduced above; involucres mostly sessile;
flowers glabrous, yellow, the segments elliptical.--Near White Sulphur
Springs, W. Va. (_T. F. Allen_).
Page 445.--Asarum Canadense. In this species there are rudimentary
subulate petals, alternate with the calyx-lobes.
Page 463.--Celtis Mississippiensis. Common in low river-bottoms of W.
Mo. (_F. Bush_); described as having a very smooth trunk, like a
sycamore, and soft yellowish brittle wood, not coarse-grained as in C.
occidentalis.
Page 491.--Under Pinus add--
10. P. ponderosa, Dougl., var. scopulorum, Engelm. Leaves in twos or
usually threes from long sheaths, 3--6' long, rather rigid; staminate
flowers 1' long; cones subterminal, 2--3' long, oval, often 3--5
together, the prominent summit of the thick scales bearing a stout
straight or incurved prickle.--Central Neb. and westward in the Rocky
Mountains.--A large tree with very thick bark.
Page 514.--After IRIS CAROLINIANA insert--
2^a. I. hexagona, Walt. Stems flexuous, often low and slender (1--3 deg.
high), leafy; leaves much exceeding the stem, 6--12'' broad; flowers
solitary and sessile in the axils, large, deep blue, variegated with
yellow, purple, and white; tube 1/2' long; segments about 3' long, the
inner narrow; capsule oblong-cylindric, 6-angled, 2' long--Prairies, Ky.
(_Short_) to W. Mo. (_Bush_), and on the coast from S. Car. southward.
Page 515.--Sisyrinchium angustifolium. What appears to be a form of this
species with pale yellow flowers is found near Independence, Mo.
(_Bush_).
Page 516.--Under Zephyranthes Atamasco insert the synonym (Amaryllis
Atamasco, _L._).
Page 555.--Sagittaria teres has been collected also at Brewster, Mass.
(_Farlow_).
Page 575.--After Eleocharis Torreyana insert--
13^a. E. albida, Torr. Like n. 12 and 13 in habit, somewhat stouter;
spikelet dense, ellipsoidal or oblong, 1--4'' long, acutish, with pale
obtuse scales; achene very small, triangular-obovate, very smooth, with
a broadly triangular tubercle upon a narrow base, shorter than or
exceeding the reddish bristles.--Salt marshes, Northampton Co., Va.
(_Canby_), and south to Fla. and Tex.
Page 653.--Trisetum subspicatum, var. molle, is reported from Roan Mt.,
N. C. (_Scribner_), and probably occurs on the higher Alleghanies
northward.
Page 662.--After Melica diffusa insert--
3. M. Porteri, Scribn. Tall and slender; panicle very narrow, the
slender branches erect or the lower slightly divergent; pedicels
flexuous or recurved, pubescent; glumes very unequal and shorter than
the spikelet; fertile flowers 3--5, the glumes scabrous.--Mountains of
Col. and southward; reported from Cass Co., Neb. (_J. G. Smith_).
Page 663.--Distichlis maritima. On alkaline soil in Neb., and very
common in similar localities west and southwestward; chiefly the var.
STRICTA, Thurb., with setaceously convolute leaves, the many- (10--20-)
flowered spikelets in a loose panicle.
LIST OF ORDERS,
WITH THE NUMBER OF GENERA AND SPECIES,
NATIVE AND INTRODUCED.
ANGIOSPERMOUS EXOGENS. | Genera. | Species. |
|Native.|Introd.|Native.|Introd.|
DIV. 1. POLYPETALOUS. |-------+-------+-------+-------|
| | | | |
1. Ranunculacae | 19 | 5 | 62 | 14 |
2. Magnoliaceae | 2 | -- | 6 | -- |
3. Anonaceae | 1 | -- | 1 | -- |
4. Menispermaceae | 3 | -- | 3 | -- |
5. Berberidaceae | 5 | -- | 5 | 1 |
6. Nymphaeaceae | 5 | -- | 8 | -- |
7. Sarraceniaceae | 1 | -- | 2 | -- |
8. Papaveraceae | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
9. Fumariaceae | 3 | 1 | 9 | 1 |
10. Cruciferae | 15 | 8 | 46 | 25 |
11. Capparidaceae | 3 | -- | 4 | 1 |
12. Resedaceae | -- | 1 | -- | 2 |
13. Cistaceae | 3 | -- | 9 | -- |
14. Violaceae | 3 | -- | 19 | 1 |
15. Caryophyllaceae | 6 | 6 | 31 | 22 |
16. Portulacaceae | 3 | -- | 7 | 1 |
17. Elatinaceae | 1 | -- | 3 | -- |
18. Hypericaceae | 3 | -- | 20 | 1 |
19. Ternstroemiaceae | 2 | -- | 3 | -- |
20. Malvaceae | 7 | 4 | 15 | 10 |
21. Tiliaceae | 1 | -- | 3 | -- |
22. Linaceae | 1 | -- | 5 | 1 |
23. Geraniaceae | 4 | 1 | 10 | 7 |
24. Rutaceae | 2 | -- | 3 | -- |
25. Ilicineae | 2 | -- | 10 | -- |
26. Celastraceae | 3 | -- | 4 | -- |
27. Rhamnaceae | 3 | -- | 6 | 1 |
28. Vitaceae | 3 | -- | 11 | -- |
29. Sapindaceae | 5 | -- | 11 | -- |
30. Anacardiaceae | 1 | -- | 7 | -- |
31. Polygalaceae | 1 | -- | 15 | -- |
32. Leguminosae | 41 | 5 | 137 | 19 |
33. Rosaceae | 17 | 1 | 87 | 8 |
34. Calycanthaceae | 1 | -- | 3 | -- |
35. Saxifragaceae | 14 | -- | 43 | 1 |
36. Crassulaceae | 3 | -- | 8 | 3 |
37. Droseraceae | 1 | -- | 4 | -- |
38. Hamamelideae | 3 | -- | 3 | -- |
39. Halorageae | 4 | -- | 13 | -- |
40. Melastomaceae | 1 | -- | 4 | -- |
41. Lythraceae | 6 | -- | 8 | 1 |
42. Onagraceae | 7 | -- | 43 | 1 |
43. Loasaceae | 1 | -- | 3 | -- |
44. Passifloraceae | 1 | -- | 2 | -- |
45. Cucurbitaceae | 5 | -- | 5 | -- |
46. Cactaceae | 2 | -- | 6 | -- |
47. Ficoideae | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
48. Umbelliferae | 26 | 10 | 49 | 13 |
49. Araliaceae | 1 | -- | 6 | -- |
50. Cornaceae | 2 | -- | 11 | -- |
|-------+-------+-------+-------|
| 251 | 46 | 777 | 141 |
|-------+-------+-------+-------|
ANGIOSPERMOUS EXOGENS. | Genera. | Species. |
|Native.|Introd.|Native.|Introd.|
DIV. 2. GAMOPETALOUS. |-------+-------+-------+-------|
| | | | |
51. Caprifoliaceae | 8 | -- | 31 | -- |
52. Rubiaceae | 7 | 1 | 25 | 5 |
53. Valerianaceae | 2 | -- | 7 | 1 |
54. Dipsaceae | -- | 2 | -- | 3 |
55. Compositae | 78 | 20 | 356 | 51 |
56. Lobeliaceae | 1 | -- | 13 | -- |
57. Campanulaceae | 2 | -- | 6 | 2 |
58. Ericareae | 26 | -- | 69 | -- |
59. Diapensiaceae | 3 | -- | 3 | -- |
60. Plumbaginaceae | 1 | -- | 2 | -- |
61. Primulaceae | 10 | 1 | 16 | 3 |
62. Sapotaceae | 1 | -- | 2 | -- |
63. Ebenaceae | 1 | -- | 1 | -- |
64. Styraceae | 3 | -- | 5 | -- |
65. Olcaceae | 3 | 1 | 8 | 1 |
66. Apocynaceae | 3 | -- | 4 | -- |
67. Asclepiadaceae | 5 | 1 | 29 | 1 |
68. Loganiaceae | 4 | -- | 4 | -- |
69. Gentianaceae | 9 | 1 | 31 | 3 |
70. Polemoniaceae | 3 | -- | 14 | -- |
71. Hydrophyllaceae | 5 | -- | 13 | -- |
72. Borraginaceae | 8 | 3 | 22 | 11 |
73. Convolvulaceae | 6 | -- | 20 | 7 |
74. Solanaceae | 3 | 5 | 14 | 8 |
75. Scrophulariaceae | 24 | 3 | 65 | 15 |
76. Orobanchaceae | 3 | 1 | 5 | 2 |
77. Lentibulariaceae | 2 | -- | 13 | -- |
78. Bignoniaceae | 3 | -- | 3 | -- |
79. Pedaliaceae | 1 | -- | 1 | -- |
80. Acanthaceae | 3 | -- | 4 | -- |
81. Verbenaceae | 4 | -- | 11 | 1 |
82. Labiatae | 20 | 14 | 65 | 33 |
83. Plantaginaceae | 2 | -- | 11 | 1 |
|-------+-------+-------+-------|
| 254 | 53 | 874 | 148 |
|-------+-------+-------+-------|
ANGIOSPERMOUS EXOGENS. | Genera. | Species. |
|Native.|Introd.|Native.|Introd.|
DIV. 3. APETALOUS. |-------+-------+-------+-------|
| | | | |
84. Nyctaginaceae | 2 | -- | 41 | -- |
85. Illecebraceae | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
86. Amarantaceae | 4 | -- | 9 | 7 |
87. Chenopodiaceae | 8 | 2 | 17 | 11 |
88. Phytolaccaceae | 1 | -- | 1 | -- |
89. Polygonaceae | 6 | 1 | 33 | 13 |
90. Podostemaceae | 1 | -- | 1 | -- |
91. Aristolochiaceae | 2 | -- | 6 | 1 |
92. Piperaceae | 1 | -- | 1 | -- |
93. Lauraceae | 4 | -- | 5 | -- |
94. Thymelaeaceae | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
95. Eaeagnaceae | 2 | -- | 3 | -- |
96. Loranthaceae | 2 | -- | 2 | -- |
97. Santalaceae | 2 | -- | 4 | -- |
98. Euphorbiaceae | 10 | 1 | 34 | 8 |
99. Urticaceae | 11 | 1 | 16 | 4 |
100. Platanaceae | 1 | -- | 1 | -- |
101. Juglandaceae | 2 | -- | 9 | -- |
102. Myricaceae | 1 | -- | 3 | -- |
103. Cupuliferae | 8 | -- | 37 | -- |
104. Salicaceae | 2 | -- | 25 | 5 |
105. Empetraceae | 2 | -- | 2 | -- |
106. Ceratophyllaceae | 1 | -- | 1 | -- |
|-------+-------+-------+-------|
| 76 | 7 | 257 | 51 |
|-------+-------+-------+-------|
GYMNOSPERMOUS EXOGENS. | | | | |
| | | | |
107. Coniferae | 10 | -- | 22 | -- |
| | | | |
ENDOGENS. | | | | |
| | | | |
108. Hydrocharidaceae | 3 | -- | 3 | -- |
109. Burmanniaceae | 1 | -- | 1 | -- |
110. Orchidaceae | 17 | -- | 58 | -- |
111. Bromeliaceae | 1 | -- | 1 | -- |
112. Haemodoraceae | 3 | -- | 4 | -- |
113. Iridaceae | 3 | 1 | 10 | 2 |
114. Amaryllidaceae | 4 | -- | 4 | -- |
115. Dioscoreaceae | 1 | -- | 1 | -- |
116. Liliaceae | 29 | 4 | 74 | 8 |
117. Pontederiaceae | 2 | -- | 4 | -- |
118. Xyridaceae | 1 | -- | 4 | -- |
119. Mayaceae | 1 | -- | 1 | -- |
120. Commelinaceae | 2 | -- | 6 | -- |
121. Juncaceae | 2 | -- | 32 | -- |
122. Typhaceae | 2 | -- | 5 | -- |
123. Araceae | 6 | -- | 8 | -- |
124. Lemnaceae | 3 | -- | 9 | -- |
125. Alismaceae | 3 | -- | 11 | -- |
126. Naiadaceae | 7 | -- | 39 | -- |
127. Eriocauleae | 3 | -- | 5 | -- |
128. Cyperaceae | 16 | -- | 237 | 8 |
129. Gramineae | 60 | 17 | 204 | 46 |
|-------+-------+-------+-------|
| 170 | 22 | 721 | 64 |
|-------+-------+-------+-------|
| Genera. | Species. |
|Native.|Introd.|Native.|Introd.|
PTERIDOPHYTES. |-------+-------+-------+-------|
| | | | |
130. Equisetaceae | 1 | -- | 11 | -- |
131. Filices | 21 | -- | 62 | -- |
132. Ophioglossaceae | 2 | -- | 7 | -- |
133. Lycopodiaceae | 1 | -- | 9 | -- |
134. Selaginellaceae | 2 | -- | 10 | -- |
135. Marsiliaceae | 1 | -- | 2 | -- |
136. Salviniaceae | 1 | -- | 1 | -- |
|-------+-------+-------+-------|
| 29 | | 102 | |
BRYOPHYTES. |-------+-------+-------+-------|
DIV. HEPATICAE. | | | | |
| | | | |
137. Jungermanniaceae | 32 | 1 | 115 | 1 |
138. Anthocerotaceae | 2 | -- | 4 | -- |
139. Marchantiaceae | 8 | -- | 9 | -- |
140. Ricciaceae | 2 | -- | 12 | -- |
|-------+-------+-------+-------|
| 44 | 1 | 140 | 1 |
|-------+-------+-------+-------|
Exogens. | | | | |
Polypetalous | 251 | 46 | 777 | 141 |
Gamopetalous | 254 | 53 | 874 | 148 |
Apetalous | 76 | 7 | 257 | 51 |
|-------+-------+-------+-------|
| 581 | 106 | 1908 | 340 |
|-------+-------+-------+-------|
| | | | |
Gymnospermous | 10 | -- | 22 | -- |
| | | | |
Endogens | 170 | 22 | 721 | 64 |
|-------+-------+-------+-------|
Total Phaenogams | 761 | 128 | 2651 | 404 |
| | | | |
Cryptogams | 73 | 1 | 242 | 1 |
|-------+-------+-------+-------|
| 834 | 129 | 2893 | 405 |
|-------+-------+-------+-------|
Total of Genera 963
Total of Species 3298
GLOSSARY.
_Abnormal._ Differing from the normal or usual structure.
_Abortion._ Imperfect development or non-development of an organ.
_Abortive._ Defective or barren.
_Acaulescent._ Stemless or apparently so.
_Accumbent_ (cotyledon). Having the edges against the radicle.
_Acerb._ Sour and astringent.
_Achene._ A small, dry and hard, 1-celled, 1-seeded, indehiscent fruit.
_Achlamydeous._ Without calyx or corolla.
_Acicular._ Slender needle-shaped.
_Acrogenous._ Growing from the apex by a terminal bud or by the apical
cell only.
_Aculeate._ Prickly, beset with prickles.
_Aculeolate._ Beset with diminutive prickles.
_Acuminate._ Tapering at the end.
_Acute._ Terminating with a sharp or well-defined angle.
_AEstivation._ The arrangement of the parts of the perianth in the bud.
_Adnate._ United, as the inferior ovary with the calyx-tube. _Adnate
anther_, one attached for its whole length to the inner or outer face of
the filament.
_Adventive._ Recently or imperfectly naturalized.
_Alate._ Winged.
_Albumen._ Any deposit of nutritive material accompanying the embryo.
_Albuminous._ Having albumen.
_Alliaceous._ Having the smell or taste of garlic.
_Alternate._ Not opposite to each other, as sepals and petals, or as
leaves upon a stem.
_Alveolate._ Honeycombed, having angular depressions separated by thin
partitions.
_Ament._ A catkin, or peculiar scaly unisexual spike.
_Amphitropous_ (ovule or seed). Half-inverted and straight, with the
hilum lateral.
_Amplexicaul._ Clasping the stem.
_Anastomosing._ Connecting by cross-veins and forming a network.
_Anatropous_ (ovule). Inverted and straight, with the micropyle next
the hilum and the radicle consequently inferior.
_Androgynous_ (inflorescence). Composed of both staminate and
pistillate flowers.
_-androus_. In composition, having stamens.
_Angiospermous._ Having the seeds borne within a pericarp.
_Annual._ Of only one year's duration. _Winter annual_, a plant from
autumn-sown seed which blooms and fruits in the following spring.
_Annular._ In the form of a ring.
_Anterior._ On the front side of a flower and next the bract, remote
from the axis of inflorescence, equivalent to inferior and (less
properly) exterior.
_Anther._ The polliniferous part of a stamen.
_Antheridium._ In Cryptogams, the organ corresponding to an anther.
_Antheriferous._ Anther-bearing.
_Antherizoid._ One of the minute organs developed in an antheridium,
corresponding to pollen-grains.
_Anthesis._ The time of expansion of a flower.
_Apetalous._ Having no petals.
_Apical._ Situated at the apex or tip.
_Apiculate._ Ending in a short pointed tip.
_Appressed._ Lying close and flat against.
_Aquatic._ Growing in water.
_Arachnoid._ Cobwebby, of slender entangled hairs.
_Archegonium._ The organ corresponding to a pistil in the higher
Cryptogams.
_Arcuate._ Moderately curved.
_Areolate._ Marked out into small spaces, reticulate.
_Aril._ An appendage growing at or about the hilum of a seed.
_Arillate._ Having an aril.
_Articulate._ Jointed; having a node or joint.
_Ascending._ Rising somewhat obliquely, or curving upward. _Ascending
ovule_, one that is attached above the base of the ovary and is directed
upward.
_Assurgent._ Ascending.