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T Pte'riginan'dkcm. Gr .pteris (wing) gune (female, pistil.)

tricatum , creeping and rooting entangled: branches simple, short: •leaves concave, acuminate, lanceolate, lengthened out: capsule ob-. long-ovate; lid sub-oblique. On the trunks of trees.

Maceurn, stem erect, terete: leaves thiek-imbricate, oval acuminate,*smooth: peduncles scarcely projecting out of the long pericheth:capsules short-ovate; lid conic: calyptre glabrous. On trunks of. trees.

" r achycladon, stem creeping; branches very short, crowded, erect,simple, terete, acutish: leaves lance-ovate, acuminate, nerveless:capsules erect, sub-cylindric with a long-conic, sub-oblique lid.rtellum , branchlets slender-filiform, simple, short: leaves imbricated ,•n a cylinder, sub-cordate, a little hirsute, fringed: capsule oblong:lid long-conic. On trees.

* l< 4 -capiUatum , creeping, rarely rising, simple, flower-bearing: leave* ,ovate-acuminate with a halved prolongation, imbricate: capsule ob-long: lid beaked: calyptre sub-pilose.r Schistid'idm. Gr. schistos (split.)

Y'Uatum, stem ramose: leaves lance-ovate, concave, denticulate, ca-^ lyptre, very long.a Sphag'num. Pliny ’s name for moss.

{^tifolium, (peatmoss. O.) leaves ovate, sub-obtuse, concave, imbricate,

/ converging at the apex: capsules spherical.

stem sub-ramose, branches filiform: leaves lance-ovate, re-^ Volute, erose at the truncate apex; imbricated 5-ways.

I'y^spidatum, stem flaccid; branchlets lax, bristle-form: leaves lanceolate.

^ involute, truncate-erose, lax.

- Splach'nuh. Gr. splagchnon (moss.)

ytypullaccum, (umbrella moss.) leaves lance-ovate, acute: apophysisr purplish-green, broad, inversely bladder-form.

yttaceum, stem cohering: leaves lanceolate, gradually becoming setace-^ ous-aeuminate: apophysis clavate-turbinate. Marshes, &c.

* Syktri'chia. Gr. sun (together) trichos (hair.)

y u ralis t stem ramose: leaves obtuse, recurved with hairs at the apex.

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a- Tw-eafhb. Gr. telra (four.)

I PWhicida, stem elongated; leaves ovate-acuminate: those of the perich-' cth lanceolate; capsules cylindric.

K " Tim'mia. In honor of Timm of Malchin .

Wtiala, leaves linear, narrow-acute, serrulate; capsule nodding.akemat'odon. Gr. tremo (to tremble,) odonta (tooth.)

J ^gicollis, stem short, simple: peduncles very long, twisted.

• Priciios'tomcm. Gr. trichos of thrix, (hair) stoma (mouth.)

(hair mouth moss,) stem simple, very short: leaves capillary,

, ( sheathing: capsule ovate, with a slight apophysis, cylindric: lid, conic: calyptre halved.

Ueo'ta. Gr. ulotomos (wood-like.)ti * s Pa, stem ramose: leaves lance:linear recurved-rendulate when dry;Pedicels elongated. On trunks of trees.

Weis'sia. In honor of Weiss a German botanist.

' Cr odonta, small: leaves lanceolate, long-acuminate, crisped and twist-when dry, having, a fascicle of ducts or tubes; peduncle palg-qa Psule oblong-ovate: lid beaked; teeth of the peristome borrow. ’

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