SCIENTIFIC CLASSIFICATION. 39 



Sub-order. Generic Name, 



xxvi. Capsule erect, apophysis larger than upper part (sporangium). Seta 



very long. Growing on animal matter. • Splachnece. 



Leaves fiat on each side of the stern. (Complanate) Filicoidei. 



xxvii. Capsule erect, oval, lid convex, peristome none. Schistostegea. 

 xxvni. Capsule erect or inclined. Lid beaked. Peristome of sixteen deep 



red teeth, divided three-fourths of their length, barred. Fissidentece. 



Section B. Fruit from the side of the moss. Branches often feather-like (pinnate). 

 Boots creeping. Pleurocarpi. 



xxix. Capsule erect, oval, apophysis very short. Lid convex. Beak long. 



Peristome none. Ana'ctangiea>. 

 *xxx. Capsule erect, oval or long. Lid conical or beaked. Calyptra large. 



Seta short. Perichsetial leaves large. Leucodontece. 

 *xxxi. Capsule erect, regularly formed. Lid conical or beaked. Calyptra 



large, seta long. Many species tree-like. (Dendroid.) Isotheciece. 

 xxxn. Capsule curved, oblique. Lid with curved beak, calyptra small, seta 



long. Peristome double ; the outer of sixteen teeth, the inner a 



membrane in sixteen divisions, with intermediate threads (cilia). Hypnew. 



xxxiii. Capsule erect. Lid beaked. Peristome double. Leaves and 



branches complanate. 0>naUea>. 



xxxiv. Capsule horizontal. Lid beaked. Peristome double. Seta long. 



Calyptra entire, or many divided at the base (nntriform). Hool-eriea:. 

 xxxv. Capsule erect, oval ; immersed in the perichsetium. Calyptra mitri- 



form. Cryptotliecece. 

 xxxvi. Capsule immersed in the perichsetium. Lid conical. Plants very 



large, floating in water. Fontinaleoe. 



Note. — The above sub-orders are those adopted in Wilson's " Bryologia Britannica." In the " Bryologia 

 Europaea " of Bruch and Schimper they are divided into many more, and even upon the generic 

 names botanists are by no means agreed. 



Probably these two should be united. 



