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Cryptogamia
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What's The Definition Of Cryptogamia?
[n] in former classification systems: one of two major plant divisions, including all plants that do not bear seeds: ferns, mosses, algae, fungi
Synonyms | Synonyms for Cryptogamia: Related Terms | Find terms related to Cryptogamia: See Also | division | kingdom Plantae | plant kingdom | Plantae Cryptogamia In Webster's Dictionary \Cryp`to*ga"mi*a\ (kr?p`t?-g?"m?-?), n.; pl.
{Cryptogami[ae]} (-?). [NL., fr. Gr. krypto`s hidden, secret
+ ga`mos marriage.] (Bot.)
The series or division of flowerless plants, or those never
having true stamens and pistils, but propagated by spores of
various kinds.
Note: The subdivisions have been variously arranged. The
following arrangement recognizes four classes: -- I.
{{Pteridophyta}, or {Vascular Acrogens}.} These include
Ferns, {Equiseta} or Scouring rushes, {Lycopodiace[ae]}
or Club mosses, {Selaginelle[ae]}, and several other
smaller orders. Here belonged also the extinct coal
plants called {Lepidodendron}, {Sigillaria}, and
{Calamites}. II. {{Bryophita}, or {Cellular Acrogens}}.
These include {Musci}, or Mosses, {Hepatic[ae]}, or
Scale mosses and Liverworts, and possibly
{Charace[ae]}, the Stoneworts. III. {{Alg[ae]}}, which
are divided into {Floride[ae]}, the Red Seaweeds, and
the orders {Dictyote[ae]}, {O["o]spore[ae]},
{Zo["o]spore[ae]}, {Conjugat[ae]}, {Diatomace[ae]}, and
{Cryptophyce[ae]}. IV. {{Fungi}}. The molds, mildews,
mushrooms, puffballs, etc., which are variously grouped
into several subclasses and many orders. The {Lichenes}
or Lichens are now considered to be of a mixed nature,
each plant partly a Fungus and partly an Alga.
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