EXPLANATION OF THE PLATES 



As the greater number of Plates explain themselves, a brief 

 notice of the figures is all that will be required. 



TAB. I. GENERA. 

 (ANDREA TO CINCLIDOTUS.) 



ANDREA. Capsules unopened and expanded, and Calyptra of 



A. alpina.* 

 SPHAGNUM. Capsules with the elongated Receptacle and portion 



of the Calyptra of S. obtusifolium. 

 PHASCUM. Capsule and Calyptra of Ph. cuspidatum. 

 SCHISTOSTEGA. Capsule and mouth of the Capsule, from Hed- 



wig. f. 1. Operculum, from our own observations. 

 ANICTANGIUM. Capsule, Operculum, and Calyptra of A. 



ciliatum. 

 GYMNOSTOMUM. Capsule, Operculum, and Calyptra of G. 



truncatulum. 



DIPHYSCIUM. Capsule, Operculum, and Calyptra of D.foliosum. 

 TETR APHIS. Capsule, Operculum, and Calyptra of T. pellucida. 

 SPLACHNUM. Capsule, Operculum, and Calyptra of S. sphce- 



ricum. 



CONOSTOMUM. Capsule and Calyptra of C. boreale. 

 POLYTRICHUM. f. 1. Capsule and Calyptra of P. commune, f. 2. 



Capsule and Calyptra of P. undulatum. f. 3. Mouth of the Cap- 

 sule of P. undulatum. 

 CINCLIDOTUS. Capsule, Operculum, Calyptra and teeth of the 



Peristome of C. fontinaloides. 



* All the figures in the Tables of Genera are more or less magnified. 



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