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Section II. 



PLEURO CARPI. 



Side-fruited. 



Mosses bearing fruit from the sides of the branches, the fertile flower 

 bud-like. 



Plate XXIX. 



AN^ECTANGIEiE. 



Pig. 1. Characteristics of Order. 



Fructification pleurocarpous, with the habit of acrocarpous Mosses ; stems 

 erect, branched dichotoniously, fastigiate ; leaves crowded, small, areolaa (a) very- 

 small, nearly square (quadrate) ; capsule erect, oval, with a short neck; beak long 

 and very oblique ; peristome none. (See Gymnostomum, with which this order 

 is closely allied.) 



Fig. 2. An^ctangium compactum. 

 Compact Beardless Moss (a) . 



Colour. Yellow green. 



Stems. Tufted, and very slender and fragile. 



Leaves (b) . Small, lanceolate, crowded ; base very slightly serrated, lower 

 areolas largest. 



Flowers and Fruit. Dioicous ; seta slender, half-inch long ; capsule small, smooth, 



mouth red. Autumn. 

 Locality. Trees, &c. 



Fig. 3. AnjECtangium pellucidum. 

 Transparent Beardless Moss (a) . 



Colour. Yellow green. 



Stems. Very slender, tufted, half-inch long. 



