Index 



Moses, Splachnum, genus, 204-207 



iwteum, 207 



sporophyte, 205 (cut) 



rubrum, 206 



capsule, 205 (cut) 

 fertile plant, 205 (cut) 

 leaf, 206 (cut) 

 male plant, 206 (cut) 

 sporophyte, 205 (cut) 

 tip of spore-case, 206 (cut) 

 veil, 206 (cut) 

 Tetradontium, genus, 198, 199 



repandum, 198 



leaves, 199 (cut) 

 perigonial leaves, 199 (cut) 

 perigonium, 199 (cut) 

 plants. 198 (cut) 

 teeth, 199 (cut) 

 thread-like branch, 199 (cut) 

 Tetraplodon, genus, 202 



mnioides, 203 



leaf, 203 (cut) 



leaf apex, 202 (cut) 



peris tome, 202, 204 (cuts) 



plant, 203 (cut) 



plant with male and female 



flower-clusters, 203 (cut) 

 tuft, 202 (cut) 

 veil, 203 (cut) 

 Tortula, genus, 176-178 



princeps, 177 



leaves, 176 (cut) 

 peristome, 176 (cut) 

 plant, 177 (cut) 

 spore-case, 177 (cut) 

 tip of spore-case, 177 (cut) 



ruralis, 178 



awn of leaf, 178 (cut) 

 tip of spore-case, 1 76, 1 78 (cuts) 

 Trematodpn, genus, 147-150 



ambtguum, 149 



annulus, 148 (cut) 

 leaves, 148 (cut) 

 ltd, 149 (cut) 

 peristome, 147, 149 (cuts) 

 plants, 148, 149 (cuts) 

 spore-cases, 148, 149, 150 (cuts) 



longicottis, 150 

 Ulota, genus, 184-188 



congesium, spore-cases, 153 (cut) 



crispa, plate XV., 186 



leaves, 185, 186 (cuts) 

 peristome, 185 (cut) 

 plant, 185 (cut) 

 male flower-cluster, 185 (cut) 

 spore-case, 185 (cut) 

 sporophyte, 185, 186 (cuts) 



Hutchinsice, 188 



leaves, 187 (cut) 

 peristome, 188 (cut) 

 plant, 187 (cut) 

 spore-case, 187 (cut) 

 sporophyte, 187 (cut) 

 veil, 187 (cut) 



phyllantha, 187 



leaf apex with gemmae, 187 

 (cut) 



subulatum, spore-cases, 153 (cut) 



undulatum, spore-cases, 154 

 Webera, genus, 218-221 



albicans, 220 



leaves, 220 (cut) 



lid, 219 (cut) 



male plant, 220 (cut) 



peristome, 220 (cut) 



spore-cases, 219 (cut) 



stem, 218 (cut) 



tip of spore-case, 219 (cut) 



nittans, 218 



annulus, 219 (cut) 



Mosses, Webera, 



nutans, apex of leaf, 217 (cut) 

 inner membrane, 219 (cut) 

 leaves, 217 (cut) 

 lids, 219 (cut) 

 plant, 217 (cut) 

 spore-case, 218, 219 (cuts) 

 Weisia, genus, 143-147 

 viridula, 146 



leaves, 145 (cut) 

 lid with veil, 146 (cut) 

 peristome, 145, 157 (cuts) 

 plant, 146 (cut) 

 spore-cases, 146, 147 (cuts) 

 Mother cells, 51, 53 (cut), 121 (cut), 122 (cut) 

 Mucronate, 103 

 Mungo Park, 159 

 Mount Marcy, height of, 17 

 marsh building on, 17 

 variety of flora on, 17 



Nomenclature, 75 



Oak, "moss marred," 12 

 Octoblepharunt, genus, 165 

 albidum, 33 (cut), 165 



spore-case, 33 (cut) 

 Ohio Hairy-cap, 252 

 Old Man's Beard, 19, 20 

 Oliver, picture of, n 

 Operculum, development of, 51 

 Orange stain, 3 

 Orlando, 1 1 

 Ovum, 47, 120 (cut) 

 Oxygen, 1 2 



Palmella, 26 



Papillate, 214 



Paraphyllia, 279 



Paraphyses, 40 (cut) 



Paraphysis, 49 (cut), 213 



Parma, 82 



Parmelia, 28 



Paroicous, 48 



Pear-shaped Thread -moss, 217 



Peat bogs, 6 



Peat-moss, 126 



Peat-mosses (see Spliagnwm under Mosses) , 34, 



109 



Peck, Chas. H., 112 

 Pedicel, 30, 35 (cut) 



cross section of, 57 



defined, 36 (cut) 



function of, 37 



origin of, 39 



purpose of, 57 



change in position of, 57 



to show rudimentary bundles, 71 (cut) 



twisted, 60 (cut) 

 Peltigera, genus, 8s, 86 



apthpsa, 86 



canina, 20 



a cure for hydrophobia, 28 

 for hydrophobia, 20 



polydactyla, 86 

 Perichaetial leaves, 53 (cut) 

 Percurrent, 142 

 Perigonium, 115 (cut), 125 

 Peristome, character in genus Catharinea, 56 



opening of, in Catherinea, 56 



structure of, in Polytrichum mosses, 55 

 56 (cut) 



vertical section of double, 55 



of single, 52 

 Perithecia, 25 

 Perithecium, 27 (cut) 



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