ORDER IV. 

 MUSCI. 



*' Cum omnia circa nos torpescunt et languescunt, cum flumina rigent, nemora 

 silent, campi latent nivibus obtecti, ubique luctus, rerum fades decolor et tristis 

 mortis imago ; MUSCI inter vegetationis ruinas emergentis et sericeo colore fulgentes, 

 mpes et lapides obducunt." 



LINNAEUS. 



Mouth of the capsule furnished with a fringe. 

 f Fringe double : Fruit-stalks lateral. 



11. HYPNTJM. Outer fringe of 16 teeth; inner one of a membrane 

 cut into 16 equal segments, with filiform processes fre- 

 quently placed between them. Calyptra dimidiate. 



If. ANOMODON. Fringe consisting of 16 teeth, and a ciliary pro- 

 cess arising from each tooth. Calyptra dimidiate. 



13. HOOKERIA. Outer fringe of 16 teeth ; inner one of a membrane 



divided into 1 6 entire segments. Calyptra mitral. 



14. FONTINALIS. Outer fringe of 16 teeth ; the inner of 16 ciliary 



processes connected by transverse bars, and forming a re- 

 ticulated cone. Calyptra mitral. Capsule oblong, en- 

 closed in a scaly perichcetium. 



