CLASSIFICATION OF MOSSES. 



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II. Stem repeatedly branched. Leaves set round it. 

 Fruit at end op Branches. 



Candelabra Moss. 



Genera. 



A. Leaves broad. Stems long. Mielichhoferia. 



B. Leaves small and narrow. Plants mostly sage-green, and like frayed worsted. 

 a. Stems with forked branches. Capsule hidden among the leaves. 



Ancectangium. Grimmia. Hedwiglum. Schistidium. 

 Capsule round, and on very short fruitstalk. Calyptra smooth. 



OlypJiomitrion. Ptychomitrivm, 



Capsule oval or urn-shaped. Calyptra smooth. 



Tetraphis. Tetrodontium. Zygodon. 

 Calyptra covered with erect bristles. Orthotrichum. 

 Capsule on long fruitstalk. On rocks and earth. Macomitrium. Dicranum. 



In bogs. Stems smooth. Meesia. 



Stems matted with roots. Aulacomnion. 

 (3. Stem straight. Branches set round it. Capsule, a brown urn. Sage-green. 



Leaves hairy. On rocks. Trichostomum. 

 Eagged and spongy. Colour washed out. In bogs. Sphagnum. 



III. Stem branched at the sides. Leaves set plat or round the 

 Stem. Fruit principally at the side. 



Feather Moss. 



Genera. 



A. Leaves, broad and transparent, on each side of stem. Branches flat. 



a. Fruit terminal. Stems not branched. Capsule round. In caves, Schistostega. 



Capsule urn-shaped. In damp places. Fissidens. 

 0. Fruit at the side. Stems sparingly branched. Leaves round. Rookeria. Daltonia. 



Leaves pointed and yew-like. Fissidens. 

 Stems much branched. On trunks of trees. Leaves waved crossway. Neclcera. 

 Not waved. Omalia. 



