—— Fungi | | _Algæ_ _Fungi_ | | | | | | | | | | \-------v-----/ \-----v---/ =Neutral= =Primæval Plants= =Primæval Creatures= =Primæval Animals= Protophyta Protista Protozoa \-----v------/ \-----v------/ \-----v------/ ||| ||||||||||| ||||| ||| ||||||||||| ||||| ||| ||||||||||| ||||| Vegetable Monera Neutral Monera Animal Monera | ||||| | | ||||| | | ||||| | \--------------------------v------------/ | | =Archigonic Monera= (Pieces of Protoplasm which have originated by Spontaneous Generation) ---------------------------------------------------------------- POLYPHYLETIC PEDIGREE. II. I. III. =Vegetable= =Protista= =Animal= =Kingdom= =Kingdom= =Kingdom= Vegetabilia Protista Animalia \------v------/ | \-----v----/ | | | | | | | /-----------------------------------^--------------------------------\ | | Slime-moulds, | | or | | Mucous Fungi Ray-streamers | | _Myxomycetes_ _Rhizopoda_ | | \-----v------/ \-----v------/ | | | | | | | Flint-cells | Flimmer-balls | | | _Diatomæ_ | _Catallacta_ | | | \-----v------/ | \-----v------/ | | | | | | | | | | Whip-swimmers | | |