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membrane divided into 1 6 [acute processes, opposite to the outer 
teeth. Calyptra small or large and inflated. Inflorescence monoi- 
cous (Synoicous in Bartramidula) ; male flowers at the apices 
of short lateral branches. 
Genera. 
Sect. 1. PJiascem, 
* Capsule entire without a deciduous lid. 
Calyptra broadly conicalo Capsule ovate, . 39. Ephemerum. 
Calyptra conic- campanulate, entire ; capsule 
globose apiculate, . . . . .40. Physcomitrella.. 
Calyptra small, erect, covering the apex of 
capsule only, . . . . .41. Sph^hrangiuju: 
Sect. 2. PottiecE. 
"^'^^ Capsule Gymnostomous. 
Calyptra mitriform, cleft and inflated below ; 
capsule pyriform, .... 42. Physcomitrium:. 
Calyptra small cucuUate, fugacious ; capsule 
subspherical pendulous, . . .43. Bartramidula. 
Sect. 3. Funariem. 
Capsule with peristome of 16 teeth. 
Calyptra cucuUate cleft and inflated ; peris- 
tome single of 16 teeth, . . . 44. EifTOSTHODON. 
Calyptra inflated; peristome double of 16 outer 
teeth ; inner of 1 6 acute processes, . 45. Pun-aria. 
Tribe 8. Splachne^. 
Small mosses, growing for the most part on animal substances, with 
thickish dichotomous fleshy stems. Leaves broad, of soft texture, 
or slightly rigid ; areolation large and lax. Capsule oblong or 
sub -cylindrical, with a large fleshy vescicular apophysis of a 
different colour from the capsule. Peristome single of 8-16 teeth 
in pairs or very close together, reflexed when dry, incurved when 
moist. Calyptra small, entire, or cut at base. Inflorescence monoi- 
cous or dioicous. 
One Irish genus ^ . . . . . 46. Splachnum. 
Tribe 9. BARTRAMiEiE. 
Mosses with stems short or robust, decumbent at base ; branches fasci- 
culate or verticillate. Leaves frequently acute, with excurrent 
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