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Conclusion
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of minerals absorbed by the roots114 and need for the synthesis of new vital force by cooling the leaves.
In the synoptic survey of the plants and animals given here plants and animals may be arranged under the phyla within the kingdoms and the classes within the phyla in the order of incresing complexity as far as possible in the light of modern Biology. The numbers given are estimates of known species in the phylum.
classified as plants usually have stiff cell walls and
Organism chlorophy 11.
Subkingdom : Thallophyta :
Plants not forging embryos without true roots, stems or leaves ; the body is either a siogle cell or an aggregation of cells with little differentiation into tissues.
Phylum Cyan phyta :
The blue green algae (sevāla ) with no distinct nuclei or chloroplasts, probably the most primitive of existing plants.
Phylum Chlorophyta
Phylum Schizomycophyta Phylum Eumycophyta Class Basidiomycetes
; The green alga e115 (sevāla), with definite
nuclei and chloroplast. : The bacteria 118 (Plant bacteria) : The true fungi (Panaga )117 : Mushroom (Kuhana ), 118 toadstools
(e. g. Sarpachatra )
Sabkingdom Embryophyta
: Plants forming embryo
Phylum Bryophyta
Embryophyte- plants without conducting tissues. Multicellular plants, usually terrestirial.
114. Ibid. 115. Sūtraksiănga II. 3. 35 ; Pannavanā 1. 51, p. 21 ; Jivavicāra 8. 116. Bhagavati 7. 3. 275, 276 ; 8. 3. 324; Uttaradhyayana 36-96, e.g. aluka, mülaka,
etc. contain bacteria ; Pannavanā 1. ; 40 ff ; Gommafasāra í Jivakanda ), v. 189,
p. 117. 117. Jivavicára 8, ;'Sūtrakrtānga II. 3, 55 ; Uttaradhyayana, 36. 103-104 ; Pannavana
1, 51, p. 21. 118. Pappavanā 1. 52, p. 21 ; Jivabhigama p. 46 ; c. I. Sarpachatra, mushroom (toad
stool)
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