Family 14 
Family 15. 
Family 16. 
Family 17. 
Family 18, 
Family 20. 
Family 21. 
Family 24. 
Family 25. 
Family 26. 
Family 27. 
Family 32. 
THE PLANT PHYLA 
ion Mosses’’); 12, Fissidentaceae; 13, 
Calymperaceae. 
Pottiaceae. Small to medium plants, 
with erect capsules usually having a 
peristome of 16 teeth—Weisia, Bar- 
bula, Phascum, Pottia, Encalypta. 
Grimmiaceae. 
Orthotrichaceae. Erect, tufted plants, 
with erect capsules usually with one 
or two rows of 8 or 16 teeth.—Ortho- 
trichum, Macomitrium. 
Splachnaceae. ‘Petticoat Mosses.” 
Capsule stalked, generally with an 
enlarged base.—Splachnum. 
Oedipodiaceae; 19, Disceliaceae. 
Funariaceae. 
from erect and regular to drooping 
and curved or oblique; teeth 0, or one 
or two rows of 16 each—Ephemerum, 
Physcomitrium, Funaria. 
Schistostegiaceae; 22, Drepanophyllaceae; 
23, Mitteniaceae. 
Bryaceae. ‘‘Wood Mosses.” Small to 
large plants with costate leaves, and 
pear-shaped, long-stalked capsule; 
teeth usually in two whorls of 16 
each.—Bryum. 
Leptostomataceae. 
Mniaceae. ‘‘Wood Mosses.” Rather 
large, leafy plants, with ovoid to 
cylindrical, pendent capsule; _peri- 
stome usually double, each whorl of 
16 teeth.— Mnium. 
Rhizogoniaceae; 28, Meeseaceae; 29, Aulo- 
comniaceae; 30, Catascopiaceae; 31, 
Bartramiaceae. 
Timmiaceae. ‘Bristle Mosses.”” Rather 
large leafy plants, with long-stalked 
capsules; peristome in two rows of 
16 and 64 teeth.—Timmia. 
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