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- Some Notes on Characeae. Ibid., xiv, 211-215; plates 

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A Revision of the North American Species of Fissidens. 

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BRAITHWAITE (R.). British Moss Flora. Vol. i (all yet 

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The Sphagnaceae, or Peat Mosses of Europe and North 



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SCHIMPER (W. P.). Synopsis Muscorum Europaeorum. 2 

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