GLAS8IFI0ATI0N OP MOSSES. 4S 



II. Stem kepeatedlt beanched. Leates set eouud it. 

 Fruit at end op Beanches. 



Candelabra Moss. 



Genera. 



A. Leaves broad. Stems long. MielicJihoferia. 



B. Leaves small and narrow. Plants mostly sage-green, and like fi-ayed worsted. 



ac. Stems with forked branches. Capsule hidden among the leaves. 



Ancectangmm. Ch'immia. Hedivigium. ScJiistidnim. 

 Capsule round, and on very short fruitstalk. Calyptra smooth. 



Olyphomitrion. Ptychomitrium. 

 Capsule oval or urn-shaped. Calyptra smooth. 



Tetrapliis. Tetrodontium. Zygodon. 



Calyptra covered with erect bristles. Orilwtrichum. 



Capsule on long fruitstalk. On rocks and earth. Bacomitrium. Dicranum. 



In bogs. Stems smooth. Meesia. 



Stems matted with roots. Aulacomnion. 



(3. Stem straight. Branches set round it. Capsule, a brown urn. Sage-green. 



Leaves hairy. On rocks. TricJiostomum. 



Eagged and spongy. Colour washed out. In bogs. Sphagnum. 



III. Stem beanched at the sides. Leaves set plat oe eound the 

 Stem. Fedit peincipallt at the side. 



Feather Moss. 



Genera. 

 Leaves, broad and transpai'ent, on each. side of stem. Branches flat. 



a. Fruit terminal. Stems not branched. Capsule round. In caves. ScTiistostega. 



CapsiUe urn-shaped. In damp places. Fissidens. 



(3. Fruit at the side. Stems sparingly branched. Leaves round. Eookeria. Baltonia. 



Leaves pointed and yew-like. Fissidens. 



Stems much branched. On trunks of trees. Leaves waved crossway. Neckera. 



Not waved. Omalia. 



