xxviii GLOSSARY. 



Mamillate, convex with a short point (lid of capsule, Tab. IV., 13). 



Mitriform, of the calyptra, cleft on two or more sides, and symmetrical (Tab. IV., I). 



Cf. cucullate. 

 Monoicous, having the male and fertile organs on the same plant. 

 Mucro, a very short, usually rather stout, abrupt point. 



Mucronate, having a mucro (Tab. II., 10). Cf. aristate, cuspidate, piliferous. 

 Multifid, cleft into many divisions. 



Muricate, Muriculate, rough with minute, sharp points (spore, Tab. XXVI., F. 9). 

 Muticous, not pointed. 



Neck, of the capsule, the lowest part, just above the point where it joins the seta. 



Nodose, covered with knots or prominences. 



Nodulose, with very small knots (cilia, Tab. V, 14 ; cell-walls, Tab. III., J). 



Obconical, inversely conical, i.e., like a cone with the apex downward. 



Obovate, inversely egg-shaped, i.e., with the broadest part above (leaf, Tab. XXVI., 



J- 0- 

 Ochraceous, yellowish-brown. 

 Octofarious, arranged in eight ranks. 

 Oosphere, the central cell of the archegonium. 

 Orbicular, almost circular (leaf, XLIV, A. I). 

 Ovate, Ovoid, egg-shaped, or nearly so (leaf, Tab. VI., B. 2). 



Pachydermous, thick-skinned. 



Paired ( peristome teeth), united or approximated two and two (Tab. V., 12, 17). 



Panduriform, fiddle-shaped (leaf, Tab. VIII., E. I). 



Papillce, minute rounded or acute protuberances (Tab. III., 19, 20, 24). 



Papillose, rough with papillae (seta, Tab. II., 15 ; leaf, Tab. L., K. la). 



Paraphyllia, minute leaf-like or much branched organs among the leaves (Tab. I., 



11, 13)- 

 Paraphyses, jointed, hyaline hairs growing among the reproductive organs (Tab. V., 



20, 21, 22). 

 Parenchymatous, cells with broad ends abutting on one another, not dove-tailing 



into one another (Tab. III., 8) ; v. prosenchymatous. 

 Paroicous, having the male and fertile organs in the same inflorescence, but not 



mixed, the antheridia being in the axils of .the perichaetial bracts below the fertile 



flower (Tab. V, 23). 

 Patent, spreading, i.e., spreading from the stem at an angle of 45 or more. 

 Patulous, widely spreading. 

 Pedicel, a short stalk, or fruit-stalk. 

 Pellucid, translucent, but not hyaline. 

 Penicillate, tufted, like a camel's hair brush. 



Percurrent, reaching to the point but not beyond (nerve, Tab. VIII., F. la). 

 Perichatium, Perichcetial bracts, special leaves or bracts enclosing the fertile flower 



and often surrounding the base of the seta (Tab. XXX., B. 3). 

 Perigonium, Perigonial bracts, special leaves or bracts enclosing the male flower 



(Tab. XL., K.). 

 Peristome, the fringe surrounding the mouth of the capsule upon removing the lid 



(Tab. V, s, 6, 7). 

 Peristomate, having a peristome. 

 Persistent, not falling off. v. deciduous. 

 Piliform, like a long, flexuose hair (nerve point, Tab. III., 16). 



