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OEDEE VII. ANOECTANOIE1. 



Cladocarpous. Sporangium ovate or spherical; peristome 

 none ; veil cucullate. 



Genus 31. Anoectangium. 



OEDER VIII. DREPANOPHYLLEI. 



Mostly cladocarpous. Stems flat; leaves equitant; peri- 

 stome single, teeth bifid ; veil cucullate or conical. 



Genus 32. Fissidens. Sporangium often cernuous ; fruit- 

 stalk elongated ; veil cucullate or conical ; teeth sixteen, bifid ; 

 divisions slender, elongated ; vaginula distinct. 



ORDEE IX. MIELICHOFERIEI. 



Cladocarpous. Sporangium straight, with or without an 

 apophysis ; peristome single or double ; vaginula distinct. 



Genus 33. Mielichoferia. Sporangium pyriform or clavate ; 

 annulus large; peristome single, of sixteen teeth which are 

 confluent below. 



SECTION II. ACROCARPI. 



OEDEE X. SCHISTOSTEOEL 



Sporangium subglobose ; spore- sac adnate with the walls ; 

 peristome none ; leaves distichous. 

 Genus 34. Schistostega. 



OEDEE XI. SPLACHNEL 



Sporangium apophysate ; spores radiating ; leaves diapha- 

 nous, large-celled. 



Genus 35. (Edipodium. Sporangium clavate, confluent 

 with the apophysis and fruitstalk ; peristome none. 



