^IV LIST OF PLATES. 



Phascnm hyoides.—Fig. 1, plants, nat. ske ; 2, ditto, magnified ; 

 3, leaf, mai^ificd ; 4, ealyptra, magnified ; 5, capsule. 



Pha^cum rusjji datum. —Fig. 1, plant, nat. size; 2, ditto, magni- 

 fied ; 3 and 3 h, leaves, magnified ; 4, ealyptra ; 5, capside. 



Plate XIV. 



Polytrichum commune.— Tig. 1, plants, nat. size; 2, leaf, magni- 

 fied ; 3, point of leaf, greatly magnified ; 4, capside, covered 

 by ealyptra ; 5, ditto, uncovered ; 6, portion of peristome. 



Polj/trickum aloides.—l, 1 b, and 2, plants, nat. size ; 3 and 3 6, 

 leaves, magnified ; 4, capsule, uncovered, magnified. 



Plate XV. 



Sphagnum obtusifolium.— Tig. 1, plant, nat. size ; 2 and 3, leaves, 

 magnified ; 4, elongated peduncle ; 5, capsule. 



ScJiistostega pennata. — Fig. 1, plant, nat. size; 2, ditto, magni- 

 fied ; 3, leaf, much magnified, showing the conformation of 

 frond ; 4, ealyptra, magnified ; 5, capsule, magnified ; 6, ditto, 

 uncovered. 



Pterogoniiim filiforme. —Tig. 1, plant, nat. size ; 2 and 3, leaves, 

 magnified ; 4, capsule, magnified. 



Plate XVI. 



Sj}lac7i)ium ampullaceum.—Tig. 1, plants, nat. size ; 2, leaf, mag- 

 nified ; 3, capsule ; 4, apophysis, or struma ; 5, peristome ; 

 6, columella. 



Splachnum vasculosum. — Fig. 1, plants, fertile and barren, nat. 

 size ; 2, stellate head of leaves and buds ; 3, leaf, magnified ; 

 4, capside, showing struma at base. 



