LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 



FRONTISPIECE 



r ORT, AS SEE 



PLATE I 



MOSS DEVELOPMENT, AS ILLUSTRATED BY THE PURPLE FOEK-MOSS 

 (C ERATO DON PUEPVREUS) 



(For details see Index to Plates, p. 187.) 

 PLATE II 



EXAMPLES OF MOSS PLANTS (ABOUT FIVE AND A HALF TIMES 

 LARGER THAN THE ORIGINALS) 



(For details see Index to Plates, p. 188.) 

 PLATE III 



ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE VARIOUS STAGES OF MOSS GROWTH, FROM 

 THE SPORE TO THE CAPSULE 



(For details see Index to Plates, p. 188.) 

 PLATE IV 



MOSS CAPSULES, AND SUNDRY FEATURES OF MOSS STRUCTURE 



(For details see Index to Plates, p. 189.) 

 PLATE IVa 



MOSS CAPSULES, ETC. 



(For details see Index to Plates, p. 190.) 

 PLATE IVb 



MOSS CAPSULES AND PERISTOMES 



(For details see Index to Plates, p. 191.) 

 PLATE V 



SOME OF THE VARIOUS FORMS ASSUMED BY THE PERISTOME OF A 

 MOSS CAPSULE 



(For details see Index to Plates, p. 191.) 

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