osc CRYPTOGAMIA. 
MUS’/CI. (Mosses.) 
The female parts of fructification are inclosed in a 
Veil, which adheres to the top of the ripe capsule, and 
covers it, Capsule (rarely entire) opening transversely. 
Stems leafy. Leaves membranaceous, reticulated, after. 
being dried reviving, when soaked in water. 
Male flowers. 
Ca. common, of many leaves. Leafits in structure re- - 
Boss. none. 
S 
| : Phe, nile He eS 
_ Sometimes intermixed with the males, aan 
Cav. Perichetium many-leaved. Leafits various, 
Bross. Veil cylindrical or conical, investing the germ 
a py 
8. 
__ of a star or the petals of a full blown rose, or 
sembling those of the plant, but gd broader, : 
Sometimes coloured, open and ex ing like the rays — 
closing and approaching like abud. A few 
have no appearance of a calyx. 
TAM. numerous, within the common calyx, mostly sepé 
rated by succulent threads or chafflike su tal 
Sometimes they unite so as to form a little knob, or 
placed in the bosoms of the upper branches. Filan 
short, thread-shaped. Anthers sometimes heart or: 
shaped, but mos y cylindrical, 1-celled, opening 
i ulated pollen. 
same or on a different 
rally inclosing several pistils intermixed with sv ec 
threads, . 
and fixed to its top, united at the base to the: se 
the fruit-stalk, but not elsewhere attached. 
ST. Germen cylindrical 
re : 
ing on the veil. Summit | 
Vite. i ne 
ed at its base, when unri 
agers at its base, adh 
€, but falls off when that 
sule then opens horizontally, the lid separating. 
Lid with or without a nng, single; or doub! 
outer one cartilaginous, sometimes swollen, or else 
tracted at the base, forming a kind of excrescence 
Apophysis. : 
Mouth of the capsule either naked, or closed 
outer fringe, : 
