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Tab. in. 



BUXBAUML\.. — Plant, capsule with operculum, moutti of capsule with peristome, opercu- 

 lum with part of columella, and calyptra of B. aphyUa, Mailer: after Schimper. 



DIPHYSCrOM. — Plant, capsule, peristome, operculvun with portion of the columella, and 

 calyptra of D. foliosum, Web. ^ Mohr. : after Schimper. 



ATRICHUM. — Plant, capsule with operculum, peristome, calyptra, and its point more mag- 

 nified, of A. angustatum, Bryol. Europ. : after Schimper. 



POGONATUM. — Plant, capsule and operculum, the same covered by the hairy calyptra, 



peristome, and four teeth of peristome, of P. umigerum, Brid. : after Schimper. 

 POLYTRICHUM. — Plant, capsule with operculum, the same covered by the hairy calyptra, 



the same dry, and three teeth of the peristome, of P. commune, X. .- after Schimper. 

 BAETKA3IIA. — Plant, capsule with operculum and calyptra, capsule dry, portion of the 



peristome, and operculum of B. pomiformis, Hedw. : after Schimper. 

 MNIDM. — Plant, capsule with operculum, and portion of the peristome (two teeth, three 



perforated cOia, and five cUiolas) of M. cuspidatum, Hedw. : after Schimper. 

 CONOSTOMUM. — Plant, capsule with operculum and calyptra, and peristome of C. boreale, 



Swartz : after Schimper. 



MEESLA. — Plant, capsule with operculum, same without operculum and dry, two teeth and 

 two cilia of the peristome with part of the annulus, and a flower (of two antheridia, 

 two archegonia, and four paraphyses) of M. longiseta, Hedw. : after Schimper. 



FUNABIA. — Plant, capsule with operculum and calyptra, the same with operculum only, 

 one entire tooth of the peristome and two broken teeth opposite the two ciUa, and the 

 operculum, of E. hygrometrica, Hedw. : after Schimper. 



AULACOMNION. — Plant, capsule and operculum, the same without opercvdum and dry, 

 part of the peristome (two teeth, one cDium split along the middle, and two ciUolae, 

 with a portion of the annulus), and the calyptra of A. heterostichum, Bryol. Europ. : 

 after Schimper. 



TIMMIA. — Plant (calyptra attached to the pedicel), capsule with operculum, the same with- 

 out operculum and dry, one tooth of the peristome and several appendiculate cilia 

 united in pairs and a portion of the annulus, of T. megapolitana, Hedw. : after 

 Schimper. 



Tab. IV. 



* ENTOSTHODON.^ Plants, capsule with operculum, mouth of capsule with the entire peri- 



stome, three teeth of same with portion of the annulus, and the calyptra of E. Drmn- 

 mondii, Sulliv. 



* PHYSCOMITRIUM. — Plant, the same enlarged, capsule, operculum with columella, and 



calyptra of P. immersum, Sulliv. 



* APHANORHEGMA. — Plant, the same enlarged, capsule, operculum, and calyptra of A. 



serrata, Sulliv. 



* TETRAPLODON. — Plant, capsule with its long apophysis, operculum with calyptra, four 



teeth of the peristome in pairs, and calyptra of T. australis, Sulliv. ^ Lesqx. 

 SPLACHNUM. — Plants, capsule with apophyses and operculum, mouth of the capsule with 

 the reflexed teeth of the peristome and the exserted capitate columella, two teeth of the 

 peristome, and operculum, of S. ampuUaceum, L. : after Schimper. 



* COSCINODON. — Plant, the same enlarged, capsule with operculum, the same covered by 



the calyptra, two teeth of the peristome, with a portion of the annulus, and calyptra 

 of C. "Wrjghtii, Sulliv. 



* DICHELTMA. — Plant, capsule with operculum, perichsetial leaves with the capsule later- 



ally emergent, two teeth and two cUia (connected at the apes by cross-bars) of the 

 peristome, and operculum, of D. capiUaceum, Bryol. Europ. 

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