418 EXPLANATION OF THE PLATES. 



Plate IV. 



Entosthodon. — Plants, calyptra, capsule with operculum, mouth of 

 capsule with entire peristome, and three of the teeth with part of the 

 annulus, of E. Brummondii, Suiliv. 



Physcoraitrium. — Plant, same enlarged, calyptra, capsule, and oper- 

 culum with columella, of P. inunersiuu, Suiliv. 



Aphanorhegma. — Plant, same enlarged, calyptra, capsule, and oper- 

 culum, of A. eerratum, Suiliv. 



Tetraplodon. — Plant, calyptra with operculum, calyptra, capsule 

 with its long apoi>hysis, and four teeth of the peristome in pairs, of 

 T. uustralis, Suiliv. & Lesq. 



Splachnura. — Plants, calyptra (entire and tipped with the style), cap- 

 sule with operculum and parapliysis, operculum, mouth of capsule 

 with the reflexed teeth of the peristome and exserted capitate colu- 

 mella, and two teeth, of S. ainpullaceum, Linn. 



Coscinodon. — Plant, plant enlarged, calyptra, capsule with calyptra 

 and operculum, same with operculum only, and two teeth of the peri- 

 stome with part of the annulus, of C. Wriyhtii, Suiliv. 



Dichelyma. — Plant, pericluetial leaves with capsule laterally emer- 

 gent, capsule with calyptra and operculum, opeiculum, and two teeth 

 of the peristome with two cilia connected at the apex by cross-bars, 

 of D. capillacewn, Bruch & Schimp. 



Pontinalis. — Plant, calyptra, capsule with operculum, same immersed 

 in the perichsetial leaves, operculum and peristome (the inner a tes- 

 sellated cone), of F. antipyretica, Linn. 



Anacamptodon. — Plant, calyptra, capsule with operculum, dried 

 capsule, operculum, and two entire teeth of the peristome with the 

 base of a third reflexed and three cilia-like segments, of A. splach- 

 noides, Brid. 



Fabronia. — Plant, calyptra, capsule with operculum, operculum, and 

 two teeth of the peristome, of F. liavenclU, Suiliv. 



Antitrichia. — Plant, calyptra, capsule with operculum, operculum, 

 and two teeth of the peristome with three segments, of A. curtipen- 

 dula, Brid. 



Leptodon. — Plant, capsule with calyptra, capsule with operculum and 

 pedicel and perichsetial leaves, and two teeth of the peristome, of L. 

 Ohloensis, Suiliv. 



Bryum. — Plant, an hermaphrodite flower (of two antheridia, two arohe- 

 gonia, and four paraphyses), capsule with operculum, and part of the 

 peristoTue (one tooth, one perforated segment, and three appendicu- 

 late cilia), of B. blmum, Schreb. 



Pylaisia. — Plant, calyptra, capsule with operculum, and portion of the 

 peristome (three teeth with agglutinate segments), of P. intricata, 

 Bruch & Schimp. 



Leucodon. — Plant, capsule with calyptra and operculum, capsule with 

 operculum and perichsetial leaves, operculum, and three of the per- 

 forated teeth of the outer peristome with the inner annular membrane, 

 of L. julaceus, Suiliv. 



Plate V. 



Homalothecium. — Plant, capsule M'ith calyptra and operculum, oper- 

 culum, and three teeth of the outer peristome witli fragments of the 

 inner membrane and a part of the annulus, of II. subcapillatum, Suiliv. 



