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Genera. 
Calyptra fringed at base, 53. Daxtonia. 
Calyptra not fringed at base, . . . .54. Hoob:eeia. 
Tribe 12. Neckere^. 
Mosses with rigid creeping stems, more or less pinnately branched. 
Leaves spreading equally or complanate, mostly with single or 
double short nerves. Fruit from the sides of upper branches, or 
from their apices. Capsules pedicellate or immersed among the 
perichgetial leaves. Peristome sometimes wanting ; inner cilia 
simple or none. 
Genera. 
Sub-tribe. 1. Cryph^e^. Leaves on fertile branches spreading 
equally. 
Calyptra conical, small. Male flowers axillary, . 55, Hedwigia. 
Calyptra cucullate. Male flowers terminal, . 56. Hedwigidium. 
Calyptra coriaceous, smooth; fruit lateral, . . 57. Leucodon. 
Calyptra cucuUiform ; capsules on short pedicels, . 57*. Antitrichia. 
Calyptra large ; setae short, curved ; fruit immersed 
among the perichaetial leaves, . . .58. Crtph-s;a. 
Sub-tribe 2. Meteore^. Leaves spreading equally, two or three- 
ranked, compressed and sometimes bifarious, . 59. FONTINALIS. 
Sub-tribe 3. Ettneckere^. Leaves compressed or complanate, often 
unequally distichous. 
Calyptra cut or dimidiate ; capsules more or less 
immersed among the perichaetial leaves, . 60. Neckera. 
Calyptra dimidiate ; leaves not undulated, . .61. Homalia. 
Tribe 13. Stereodonte^. 
Mosses with creeping, procumbent or ascending stems, irregularly or 
pinnately branched. Leaves compressed or spreading equally, 
shortly binerved or nerveless ; areolation narrow, alar- cells 
shorter. Fruit springing from stem. Inner peristome of solid 
processes, rarely perforated, cilia none, or imperfect. 
Genera. 
Leaves soft pale, subcomplanate ; capsule 
cylindrical, cemuous, . . . .62. Plagiothecium. 
Leaves membranous, shining when dry, alar- 
cells large and pellucid ; capsule erect, . 63. Cylindrothecium. 
