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Famil}- 13. Orthotrichaceae. Tufted, mostl}- erect mosses, 

 with solid leaves ; capsule erect ; peristome simple or double 

 (rarely absent), each whorl of 8 or 16 teeth. Zygodoii^ Ortho- 

 trichuui, Ulota, Macomitrunn. ( Pf. J, 3, 456.) 



Family 14. Oedipodiaceae. Sipall fleshy miosses; capsule with 

 a long- hypophysis and without a peristome. Ocdipodinrn. (Pf. 

 I, 3. 508.) 



Family 15. Splanchnaceae. Mosses of soft, loose texture; cap- 

 sule stalked, generally with an enlarged hypophysis, which is 

 sometimes large and umbrella-shaped. Splaiichniuii. { Pf. i, 3, 



498.) 



Family 16. Disceliaceae. Small earth-mosses with a persistent 

 protonema ; capsule long-stalked ; peristome single, with 16 teeth. 

 DisccUnni. (Pf. I, 3, 508.) 



Family 17. Funariaceae. JNIostly annual or biennial mosses; 

 capsule from erect and regular to drooping and curved or oblique ; 

 peristome none or single or double, of 16 teeth in each whorl. 

 Ephcmcniin^ Physconiitriiun, Pnnaria. ( Pf . I, 3, 509.) 



Famil}- 18. Schizostegiaceae. Annual mosses, with distichous, 

 vertical leaves, which are confluent below ; capsule small, without 

 peristome. Schicosfcgia. ( Pf . I, 3, 529.) 



Family 19. Drepanophyllaceae. Small tropical mosses with 

 distichous, equitant leaves, capsule erect, with a single peristome. 

 Drcpanophyllum. (Pf. I. 3, 530.) 



Family 20. Mitteniaceae. Small Australian mosses, with thin- 

 walled, cylindrical capsules having a double peristome of 16 teeth 

 in each whorl. M if tenia. (Pf. I, 3, 532.) 



Family 21. Bryaceae. Plants from small to large, with costate 

 leaves; capsule pear-shaped, long-stalked, usually with a double 

 peristome, the outer whorl of 16 teeth., Pohlia, 1 Vetera, Braehy- 

 ineninui, Brynm. (Pf. I, 3. 532.) 



Family 22. Leptostomataceae. Small tropical mosses, with 

 crowded leaves, and a rudimentary peristome. Leptostoniuin. 

 (Pf. I, 3, 601.) 



Family 23. Mniaceae. Rather large mosses with well-devel- 

 oped leaves; capsule regular, ovoid to cylindrical, mostly pendent; 



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