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peristome double, single, or wanting, with 16 teeth in each whorl. 

 Fontinalis, Dicliclyiiia. (Pf. I, 3, 722.) 



Family 34. Climaciaceae. Large, dendroid mosses, with erect 

 leafy stems, from a horizontal running stem; capsule elliptical, 

 erect or recurved ; peristome double, the outer teeth united below. 

 Cliinacium, Girgcnsohnia. (Pf. I, 3, 733.) 



Family 35. Cryphaeaceae. From slender to vigorous mosses, 

 mostly growing on trees with closely set leaves, and erect leaf- 

 covered capsules ; peristome mostly double, with 16 outer teeth. 

 Cryphaca. (Pf. I, 3, 736.) 



Family 36. Leucodontaceae. Mostly vigorous, rigid mosses, 

 with erect leafy stems from a horizontal running stem; capsule 

 erect, regular; peristome double. Lcucodon, Forsstrocmia. (Pf. 



I, 3. 747-) 



Family 2)7- Prionodontaceae. Vigorous, long-leafed tropical 

 mosses, with ovate short-stemmed capsules ; peristome double, the 

 whorls alike. Prionodon. (Pf. I, 3, 763.) 



Family 38. Spiridentaceae. More or less vigorous, rigid, Aus- 

 tralasian mosses, with erect, ovoid long-stemmed capsules ; peri- 

 stome mostly double. Spiridciis. (Pf. I, 3, 765.) 



Family 39. Lepyrodontaceae. More or less vigorous, many- 

 leaved mosses of the southern hemisphere, with elongated, erect 

 capsules; peristome single, of weak teeth. Lepyrodon. (Pf. I, 



3, 77I-) 



Family 40. Pleurophascaceae. Vigorous Tasmanian ground- 

 mosses, with crowded leaves ; capsule erect, large, spheroidal ; 

 peristome none; spores large. Plciirophascmn. (Pf. I, 3, 774.) 



Family 41. Neckeraceae. Slender or vigorous, more or less 

 rigid mosses, with crowded leaves ; capsule erect, regular, sunken 

 in the perichaetium ; peristome single or double, rarely absent. 

 Pterohryella, Leptodon, Ncckera, Porotrichmn. (Pf. I, 3, 775.) 

 ■ Family 42. Lembophyllaceae. Slender to vigorous mosses, 

 with crowded, many-ranked leaves ; capsule ovoid, erect or cer- 

 nuous, long-stalked; peristome double. Caniptochactc, Lcmbo- 

 phyllum. (Pf. I, 3, 863.) 



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