CONTENTS. 



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Introduction 397 



I List of The Bryophyta 402 



I Hepaticje 402 



II Sphagnales 430 



III Musci veri 434 



II The Bryophyte Communities 545 







I The Lowland Formations 546 



The Littoral Br3'ophyte Vegetation 546 



Hydrophilous Bryophyte Formations 547 



The Bryophyte Vegetation of Running Water and of Lakes.... 54S 



The Bryophyte Vegetation of Inundated Gravelly Soil 550 



The Bryophyte Vegetation of Muddy Soil near Springs (I)y) . . . 551 



The Bryophyte Vegetation of Boggy Soil 555 



The Bryophyte Vegetation of Damp Sandy Soil 564 



The Bryophyte Vegetation near Hot Springs 565 



Mesophilous Bryophyte Formations 584 



Xerophilous Bryophyte Formations (Heaths) 588 



The Bryophyte Vegetation of the Bocks 595 



The Bryophyte Vegetation of the Tuff Rocks 604 



The Bryophyte Vegetation of the Lava- fields 612 



II The Bryophyte Vegetation of Mountain Heights 623 



III The Components of the Bryophyte Flora 629 



IV The Altitudinal Distribution of the Species 635 



V The Horizontal Distribution of the Species 644 



Bibliography 667 



List of the Species 669 



Errata . 676 



