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THE NEW STUDENT'S REFERENCE WORK

(3) Anthrocerotales: from which the mosses came 1270;  and perhaps ferns and seed-plants 78. b. The Musch    1282;  known as mosses, about 3000 species 1270.

(1) the   sphagnum  mosses;   bog-mosses  which  form  peat  1797;

1436.

(2) True mosses:   1270.

3. THE PTERIDOPHYTES:  1558.

a. The Lycopodiales:  called club-nioses or ground-pines 1125.

(1)  Lycopodium: coarse forms 1125.

(2) Selagineila: the "little club-mosses" 1125.

b. The  Equisetales:   known as horse-tails or scouring rushes 622.

c. The Fi!Scales:  known as the ferns, with about 4000 species 661.

(a) Tall swamp-ferns.

(b) Coarse    ferns    of    swamps    and

woods.

(c) Small and medium sized ferns.

(d)  Delicate rock and wood ferns.

(e) The   brake   fern  —  growing   to

seven feet.

(f)  Maiden-hair fern—most highly re-

garded fern. [ (g) The evergreen wood-fern.

4. THE SPERMATOPHYTES: reproducing themselves by means of seeds 1797.

(1) The Gnetums: growing in deserts

and the tropics.

(2) The Ginkgo or   maiden-hair   tree

767. (2) The Cycads: probably came from

the ferns 492. (4) The Conifers: the greatest group

of  living   gymnosperms   443;

containing       pines         1491;

spruces  (fir)   675;   hemlocks

860; redwoods (sequoia) 1724;

cedars   354;    cypresses    492;

junipers 982; yews 2126.

b. Angiosperms:  seeds exposed — the most recent group of plants 73.

' (a) Grasses: 795.

(b)  Lilies:  1070.

(c) Orchids:  1390.

(1) The groups of ferns:

656:

a. The  Gymnosperms:

plants 818.

naked  seed-

(1)  The  Monocotyledons: 1292.

(2)  The      Dicotyledons:

100,000 species  530.

(d)  Palms: 1412.

(e)  Epiphytes:   air-plants    622;    like

Spanish moss, orchids 1390.

(a)  First     series:      morning   glories

1263; phloxes 1472; gentians 744; mints 1237; verbenas 2010; composites 435; which include asters 126; thistle 1904; goldenrod 778,; sunflowers 1849; chrysanthemum 396; daisy 496; sage 1653; dandelion 500.

(b) Second   series:    buttercups   296;

mustards 1292; cabbage, cauliflower, rutabaga and turnip 1292; roses 1633; common forest trees — as oak 1367; hickory 872; walnut 2038; birch 192; elm 609; poplar 1528.

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