128 SKA MOSSES. 



(</.) \j^>\\^, cLi-slir, worm like, axils wiilc and 



roumlcd. Semal.on. 



(A,) Short, stiff. Milk, >vi«lcly forking, uniform 

 si/c. not adhering' !«> pa|>cr. Three or 

 four in« lus hi^h. Poiyide^. 



(i.) S.unc oulhne, soft, adheres, rosy ret!. 



Scinaia. 

 J. J iiinfi (lothcd with fine hain. 



(<i.) Slein n>lnisl ; l»ran< lu*s few, lonj^ and 

 mostly simple. All parts lhi< kl (d 



with bnliumtly < olored pink or pnr|>lc 

 fine luir, like "Cliendle." DtifVii. 



{f».) Stem and l»ran(hes slender, scvci.i iiincs 

 diviiled ; hairs mu* h i>aler, shorter and 

 less ahnniLint. .S/ir/V//«/. 



4. J'ronJi mafi\ tima arn/ Jin/ly ili'cidfd^ robust 

 or s/rnttrr, mostly dark or brotvn, 



(«/.) ritimale nmuli, often in clumps or 

 minute brushes, l»brk or hrown. 



Rhoiiomeia, 



{Jh.) Plants variously, but profusely branci 



mostly fine, often arl)orcsccnt, fnui 

 vessels I »car shaped ; bla< k, reddish or 

 light brown. /»w'i /W/ww/,/ 



