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Amhlyslegium Jluvialile 

 irriguum 

 ri/xirium 

 Brachylhecium piumosiitn 



rivulare 

 Calliergon cor di folium 



Schreheri 

 Campyliiim chrysophylliim 

 hispidulum 



III. Aquatic or sub-aquatic 



Climaceum 



Dichelyma capillaceum 

 Drepanocladus 

 Eurhynchium rusciforme 

 Fonlinalis 



liygrohypnum ochraceiim 

 Plagiolhecium 

 Scorpidium 



Calliergon Schreheri 

 Cirriphyllum Boscii 



IV. Open fields, roadways, waste places 



Hypnum 

 Thelia asprella 



V. On stones 



A mblystegiella adnata 

 Amblyslegium 

 Anomodon roslratus 

 Brachythecium. plumosum 

 salehrosum 



Bryhnia Novae- Angliae 

 Campylium chrysophyllurn 

 Climacium americanum 



Kindbergii 

 Neckera pennala 



GLOSSARY 



Acrocarpus: applied to a group of 

 mosses having the sporophyte an 

 outgrowth from the terminal part 

 of the stem. 



Acuminate: long pointed. 



Acute: abruptly pointed. 



Antheridia: male organs. 



Apical: pertaining to the apex. 



Apiculate: an abrupt point. 



Archegonia: female organ. 



Calyptra: the hood which covers capsule 

 and operculum. 



Capsule: fruit or spore case. 



Cernuous: nodding. 



Caespitose: forming close mats. 



Coniplanate: flattened; lying in one 

 plane. 



Cordate: heart-shaped. 



Costa: the midrib of the leaf. 



Cucullate: hood-shaped; conical and 

 cleft to one side; applied to the calyp- 

 tra. 



Decurrent: applied to the leaf if con- 

 tinued down the stem. 



Dendroid: appearing tree-like. 



Diagnostic: peculiar to. 



Distichous: in two opposite rows. 



Ecostate: without costa or mid-rib. 



Excurrent: extending beyond the apex 

 of the leaf. 



Exserted: protruding bej-ond. 



Falcate: scythe-shaped. 



Fascicled: clustered. 



Filiform: thread-like. 



Gemmae: bud-like bodies which give rise 

 asexually to new plants. 



Gibbous: swollen on one side. 



Glaucous: covered with a bloom. 



Habitat: place or situation. 



Hispid: covered with stiff hairs. 



Hyaline: transparent. 



Imbricated: overlapping, as the tiles of a 

 roof. 



Immersed: covered or concealed in 

 leaves. 



Involute: rolled. 



Julaceous: catkin-like. 



Lanceolate: lance-shaped. 



Lid: the operculum. 



Mitrifortn: mitre-shaped. 



Mucro: an abrupt short point continu- 

 ous with the costa. 



Mucronale: tipped with a mucro. 



Ovate: shaped like an egg. 



Papillate: covered with small pro- 

 tuberances. 



ParaphyUia: leaf-like or filiform appen- 

 dages. 



Pellucid: thin; hyaline. 



Percurrent: applied to the costa when 

 it extends through the entire leaf. 



Pleurocarpus: applied to a group of 

 mosses having the sporophyte an out- 

 growth from the lateral branch. 



Plicate: folded lengthwise. 



Pseudopodia: leafless branches bearing 

 asexual organs. 



Pyriform: pear-shaped. 



