1883.) Mosses. 61D 
with their teeth, often hygrometric, are fashioned with the utmost 
delicacy. Then the whole habit of the various plants is so 
diverse! Some are prostrate; others growing erect, like Poly- 
Fig I 
ote 1,—A Polytrich 1 apophysis; ped, pedi- 
cols È beires) as ea ae chien eee i nae nee hie <a h Done ft at's W ad removed. of» 
ayas 
m; fer, s perisi g pe 
: —A Mnium. cap, capsule; ger, peristome. Fic. we the same. caf, Capsule > 
S {en peristome; op, operculum, Fic. VI.—A Hypnum. øer, peristome; a7, annt- 
cap, capsule, . 
_ trichum, imitate pine forests ; others, like Climacium, resemble 
iniature palms. In Barbula th ne teeth are curiously twisted- 
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