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"The Power of Movement in Plants"

As all the
seedlings which were observed, including Conifers, Cycads and Ferns, which
belong to the most ancient
* As given in the 'General System of Botany,' by Le Maout and Decaisne,
1873.
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types amongst plants, were continually circumnutating, we may infer that
this kind of movement is common to every seedling species.
SUB-KINGDOM I.--Phaenogamous Plants.
Class I.--DICOTYLEDONS.
Sub-class I.--Angiosperms.
Family. Cohort.
14. Cruciferae. II. PARIETALES.
26. Caryophylleae. IV. CARYOPHYLLALES.
36. Malvaceae. VI MALVALES.
41. Oxalideae. VII. GERANIALES.
49. Tropaeoleae. DITTO
52. Aurantiaceae. DITTO
70. Hippocastaneae. X. SAPINDALES.
75. Leguminosae. XI. ROSALES.
106. Cucurbitaceae. XII. PASSIFLORALES.
109. Cacteae. XIV. FICOIDALES.
122. Compositae. XVII. ASTRALES.
135. Primulaceae. XX. PRIMULALES.
145. Asclepiadeae. XXII. GENTIANALES.
151. Convolvulaceae. XXIII. POLEMONIALES.
154. Boragineae. DITTO
156. Nolaneae. DITTO
157. Solaneae. XXIV. SOLANALES.


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