Analytic Key to the Genera of Mosses. 
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-*-+ Inner peristome a membrane , carinate or cut into sixteen seg¬ 
ments; these sometimes separated by cilia. 
= Cilia very short , rudimentary or none. 
Membrane entire, 16-carinate. .... Cinclidimn, 249. 60. 
Membrane latticed or cleft to the base into filiform, appen- 
diculate segments. 
Pedicel none or very short, leaves ecostate . Fontinalis, 268. 62. 
Pedicel distinct, sometimes long, leaves costate . Dichelyma, 272. 63. 
Membrane not cleft to the base. 
Segments entire or interruptedly cleft along the middle line. 
Shorter than the teeth or rudimentary . . Funaria, 200. 52. 
Equaling the teeth in length. 
Leaves squarrose-recurved from the middle . Paludella, 213. 
Leaves not squarrose. 
Pedicel long. 
Leaf-cells narrowly rhombic-hexagonal, tending 
to linear, leaves narrow .... Webcra, 215. 53. 
Leaf-cells and leaf broader .... Brynm, 223. 55. 
Pedicel short, neck long ..... Zieria, 240. 58.. 
Far exceeding the teeth in length. 
Pedicel long, leaf-cells large, pellucid . Amblyodon, 211. 
Pedicel long, leaf-cells small, rectangular, chloro- 
phyllose.. Meesia, 212. 53. 
Pedicel short, neck long.Zieria, 240. 58. 
Segments bifid, divisions divaricate. 
Leaves lanceolate to subulate, large . . . Bartramia, 203. 53. 
Leaves lanceolate or broader, smaller . . Philonotis, 208. 53 b 
Segments filiform, united by fours at their tips . Tiiiimia, 254. 60. 
= = Cilia present. 
Appendiculate. 
Leaves lance-subulate, cells linear . . -. Leptobryum, 215. 
Leaves broader, cells rhombic-hexagonal . . . Brynm, 223. 55.. 
Inappendiculate. 
Capsule not ribbed when dry. 
Leaves lanceolate, glossy, cells narrowly rhombic- 
hexagonal, inclining to linear .... Webera, 215. 53.. 
Leaves ample, soft, oblong, ovate to obovate or 
broader, cells round-hexagonal .... Milium, 241. 58.. 
Leaves narrowly lanceolate, rigid . . Rliizogonium, 250. 
Capsule ribbed when dry. 
Oblong or elongated pyriform . . . Aulacomniiim, 252. 60. 
Sub-globose.Philonotis, 208. 53 
