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Family POTTIACEAE loo 



Family GRIMMIACEAE iii 



Family ORTHOTRICHACEAE ii6 



Family FUNARIACEAE 122 



Family BRYACEAE 126 



Family MNIACEAE 134 



Family AULACOMNIACEAE 139 



Family BARTRAMIACEAE 143 



Family TIMMIACEAE 148 



Family WEBERACEAE 150 



Family BUXBAUMIACEAE 152 



Family GEORGIACEAE 154 



Family POLYTRICHACEAE 156 



PLEUROCARPI 



Family HEDWIGIACEAE 172 



Family FONTINALACEAE 175 



Family CLIMACIACEAE 179 



Family LEUCODONTACEAE 182 



Family NECKERACEAE 185 



Family ENTODONTACEAE 189 



Family LESKEACEAE 195 



Family HYPNACEAE 208 



Family BRACHYTHECIACEAE 243 



APPENDIX 

 Helps to Identification of the Most Common and Con- 

 spicuous Mosses 261 



GLOSSARY 269 



INDEX .275 



