BRYOPHYTA 



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Family 33. Weberaceae; 34, Buxbaumiaceae ("Hump- 

 back Alosses"); 35, Georgiaceae. 



Family 36. Polytrichaceae. "Hair-caps." Large, 

 leafy plants, with long-stalked cap- 

 sules; teeth short in one row of 32 or 

 64. — Polytrichum, Pogonatum. 

 Sub-order Pleurocarpi. "Side Mosses." Sporophytes 

 terminal on short lateral axes of the 

 gametophyte. 



Family 38. Erpodiaceae; 39, Hedwigiaeeae; 40, Font- 

 inalaceae ("Brook ]\Iosses"). 



Family 41. Climaciaceae. "Tree Mosses." Large 

 erect dendroid plants, with erect or 

 recurved capsules; teeth in two rows 

 of 16 each. — Climaciimi. 



Family 42. Cryphaeaceae; 43, Leucodontaceae; 44, 

 Prionodontaceae;4o, Ptychonmiaceae; 

 46, Spiridentaceae; 47, Lepyrodonta- 

 ceae; 48, Pleurophascaceae. 



Family 49. Xeckeraceae. More or less rigid, leafy 

 plants, with short-stalked, erect cap- 

 sules, having single or double peri- 

 stome. — Leptodon, Xeckera. 



Family 50. LembophyUaceae; 51, Entodontaceae; 52, 

 Fabroniaceae; 53, PUotrichaceae; 54 

 Nematocaceae; 55, Hookeriaceae; 56, 

 Hypopterygiaceae; 57, Helicophyl-, 

 laceae; 58, Rhacopilaceae. 



Family 59. Leskeaceae. Cushion-forming, leafy 

 plants, with symmetrical, erect cap- 

 sules, ha^-ing double peristome. — 

 l^eskea, Anomodon, Thuidium. 



Family 60. Leucomiaceae; 61, SematophyUaceae; 62, 

 Rhegmatodontaceae; 63, Brachythe- 

 ciaceae; 64, Hj'pnodendraceae. 



Family 65. Hypnaceae. "Bog Mosses." Of variable 

 size and habit, with long-staJked 

 capsules, which have a double peri- 

 stome, of 16 teeth in each row. — 

 Hypnum, Amblystegium. 



