CAPSULE KEY 65 



Leaves arranged equally around stem, straight. 

 Leaves wide-spreading .... 54, 56. 

 Leaves not wide-spreading ^ .... 46, 50, 51, 75. 



II. CAPSULE NOT ERECT 



a. Capsule long-cylindrical (at least four times longer 

 than broad) 



Leaves when moist not easily seen (too small or too 

 closely folded to show if they are straight or 

 curved) 

 Stems pinnately branched .... 57, 71. 

 Stems bipinnately or tripinnately branched ...» 57. 

 Stems irregularly branched .... 59, 60, 71. 

 Leaves when moist easily seen. (It is necessary only to 

 see if the leaves are straight or curved, the entire 

 outline need not show.) 

 Stems pinnately branched. 

 Leaves straight .... 57, 71. 

 Leaves curved .... 62, 70, 71. 

 Stems somewhat tree-like in branching; leaves 



straight .... 49. 

 Stems irregularly branched. 

 Leaves apparently on two opposite sides of stem. 

 Leaves straight .... 72, 73. 

 Leaves curved .... 71. 

 Leaves turned to one side, curved .... 62, 71. 

 Leaves arranged equally around stem, straight. 

 Leaves wide-spreading .... 59, 61, 7.3. 

 Leaves not wide-spreading .... 61, 71, 76. 



* If No. 21 has been mistaken for a pleurocarpous moss it will apparently 

 belong here. 



