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Glossary. 



Alar (cells) special group at basal 

 angles. 



Alate (stem) bordered by leaf-eub- 

 stauce. 



Angular (cells) those of basal angles. 



Apicnlate with short point. 



Apophysis basal enlargement of 

 capsule. 



Appendirnlate with small spurs. 



Areolation tissue of cells. 



Arista awn. 



Attennate tapering. 



Anricled ^ith ear-like angles. 



Barren sterile. 



Beak tip of lid (of capsule). 



Bifarions placed on two sides. 



Bifid cleft to middle. 



Cancellate latticed. 



Cemuons drooping. 



Cespitose forming matted tufts. 



Cilia hair-like appendages of inner 

 peristome. 



Circinnate rolled into a circle. 



Comal (leaves) the uppermost. 



CocWeariform concave as a spoon. 



Complanate flattened. 



Complicate folded together. 



Connate united. 



Costa rib of a leaf. 



Cribrose sieve- like. 



Crisped strongly curled. 



Cncnllate (calyptra) cleft at one 

 side; (leaf) iavolute at apex. 



Cnltriform like a blade of a knife. 



Cuspidate tapering to an acute point. 



Decnrrent (leaf) prolonged down- 

 ward upon the stem. 



Beflexed bent downward. 



Defluent running downward. 



Benperculate without lid. 



Bimorplions of two forms. 



Bistichous in two opposite rows. 



Emarginate notched at summit. 



Entire without incisions. 



Eradicnlose rootless (without rhi- 

 zoids). 



Exannnlate without annulus. 



Excnrrent ending beyond apex. 



Fascicnlate collected in small bund- 

 les. 



Fenestrate with dilated apertures. 



Filiform thread-like. 



Fimbriate fringed. 



Flagellee like a thong of a whip. 



Flexnons bending inward and out- 

 ward. 



Fusiform spindle-shaped. 



Gemmiform bud like. 



Glabrous hairless. 



Habit general aspect. 



Heteromorphons of difierent forms. 



Homomorphons of like form. 



Hyaline clear as glass. 



Imbricate disposed like tiles. 



Immarginate without special bor- 

 der. 



Immersed not emergent. 



Jnlaueons like a roUer (by appres- 

 sed leaves). 



Lamellae small thin narrow plates. 



Lamina part of leaf (above a sheatb). 



Lateral placed at the side. 



Limbate with a list (border). 



Lingnlate tongue-shaped. 



Mamilla small nipple on lid or at 

 apex of a leaf-cell. 



Mntieons without hairpoint. 



Nodose nobbed. 



Oblong 3 times as long as broad. 



Obsolete indistinct. 



Obtasate not acuminate. 



Oyal twice as long as broad and 

 broader near middle. 



Ovate egg-shaped. 



Papilla small rounded prominence. 



Paraphyllia leaf-like appendages. 



Pedicel stalk of capsule. 



Percnrrent reaching to apex. 



Pinnate branching on two sides. 



Plicate folded lengthwise. 



Pnlvlnate cushioned. 



Piriform pear-shaped. 



Bamose branching. 



Eecnrved, revolnte, reflcxed bent 

 back on the border. 



Bimose with narrow apertures. 



BosteUate (Ud) with short beak. 



Bostrate with long beak. 



Bngose wrinkled. 



Spcnnd turned to one side. 



Serrate with teeth as a saw. 



Serrulate with smaller teeth. 



