488 GRYPTOGAMIA. 



sum^ t. 108, and Equisetum, t. 915, 9^9, 

 are other examples of spiked ferns. Each 

 seed of the latter is embraced by 4 fila- 

 ments, judged by Hedwig to be the sta- 

 mens. Supposed ferns with radical fructi- 

 fications are Filularia, t. 521, and Isoeies, 

 t. 1084; but the former might possibly be 

 referred to Monoecia Pohjandria^ and the 

 latter to Monoecia Mojiandria, as the 

 system at present stands. Lycopodiwn, 

 t. 224, 1148, &c., is a fern, at least in 

 my opinion, with axillary fructification. 



3. Miisci. Mosses. These are really herbs* 

 with distinct leaves and frequently as di- 

 stinct a stem. Their conical membranous 

 corolla is called a cahjptra^f. 151, or veil, its 

 summit being the stigma. This veil clothes 

 the capsule, which, before the seed ripens, 

 is elevated on a fruit-stalk. The capsule is 

 of one cell and one valve, opening by a ver- 

 tical lid,y. 213-^-. Seeds very numerous and 

 minute. The barren flowers of mosses 



* Hedwig's term musci frondosi is incorrect, 

 t This part in Phascum only does not separate from 

 the capsule. 



