Pi. cell. fol. 14. MUSCI. 707 
Fam. II. 14. MUSCI. Most botanists. Cryptogame 
calyptrate operculate, Mohr. 
Flowers unisexual Maur. Anthers oblong, spherical, 
networked, bursting irregularly, pedicelled, in the axillee of 
the perichetial leaves; pollen granular. —~ Frm. Flowers 
terminal or lateral; piséi//s many, clustered, only one fer- 
tile, style terminal; stigma expanded; calypira covering 
the pistills, bursting across at bottom, rising up with the 
capsules; calyx 0; perichetial leaves surrounding the ca- 
lyptra; capsule pedicelled, valveless, operculated ; columella 
central; mouth fringed, fringe single or double; lid mostly 
deciduous ; seeds roundish, attached to the columella; 
elaters 0.—Plants small, texture compactly cellular; leaves 
mostly with a main rib, undivided or slightly toothed. 
A. Peristome 0. 
Capsule a-valved .....,:4. 6 eicia iid ois Wel oie ANDREA. 345. 
Caps. not cut, sessile; vecept. pedicelled SpHAGNUM. 344. 
Caps. not cut, pedicelled; recept. sessile ; 
didgadwate 2). 38. 5 BS. gadis HUES PHASCUM. 345. 
Caps. not cut, pedicelled; recept. sessile; 
lid deciduous, at last jagged........ SCHISTOSTEGA. 346. 
Caps. not cut, pedicelled; recept. sessile ; 
lid deciduous; ca/ypira bellsnaped .. ANICYANGIUM. 347. 
Caps. not cut, pedicelled ; recept. sessile; 
lid deciduous; calypira halved .... GyMNosTOMUM. 348. 
B. Peristome single, formed of a membrane only. 
Peristome conoid, folded.......... Dreuyscium. 349. 
C. Peristome single, formed of teeth or hairs. 
Teeth of the_peristome 4......,.... TrErraPHis. 350. 
Meet Client Path ee 6s cing eos,ecs wpasyet eo SPLACHNUM. 351. 
Teeth 16, cohering at the tip ..... ConosTtomMuM. 352. 
Teeth 32, tips joined by a membranePotytricHuM. 353. 
Teeth 32, twisted, anastomosing at 
| eyovriOvdn es agenesis wo to) an er enna alm CINCLIDOTUS. 354. 
Teeth 32, twisted, joined by a mem- 
| oy exe Leyapaubntcr eo) RR ec aba bt Tear cite ‘ TortTuta. 355. 
Teeth 16, not divided, straight, free ; 
calyptra bellshape, or mitrelike, smooth ENcaLypra. 356. 
Teeth 16, not divided, straight, free; 
calyptra bellshape or mitrelike, furrowed Grimmta, 357. 
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