Chapter III: Errata

p. 57. Head line, “c” inverted.

„ 71. line 9, for “obtuse,” read “acute.”

„ 81. line 5 from bottom, specific name should begin with a capital
M.

„ 99. for “TETRADONTIUM” read “TETRODONTIUM.”

„ „ last line, before “long” read “l.”

„ 127. line 17, for “hexaganal” read “hexagonal.”

„ 141. line 6 from bottom, for “Nowcll” read “Nowell.”

„ 152. line 5 from bottom, for “EURYNCHUM” read “EURYNCHIUM.”

„ 139. line 3, for “ANÆCTANGIUM” read “ANŒCTANGIUM.”

GLOSSARY
OF THE
PRINCIPAL TERMS USED IN THIS VOLUME.

_Acuminate._ taper-pointed.

_Acute._ pointed, scarcely tapering. _Alar._ (cells) at basal angles. _Annulus._ an elastic ring round mouth of caps. _Apicu-lus (-late.)_ a very short point. _Apophysis._ an excrescence; a swelling at base of capsule. _Arcuate._ arched or curved. _Areolæ._ the leaf cells. _Arista._ a short bristly point. _Auricles_ (of leaf). short lobes on each side of base.

_Bifarious._ two-ranked.

_Cæpitose._ tufted or matted together. _Calyptra._ the outermost covering, or veil, of the capsule. _Capsule._ the fruit, enclosing the spores. _Carinate._ keeled. _Cernuous._ nodding. _Chlorophyll._ the green matter filling the cells. _Cilia._ hair-like divisions of the inner peristome. _Circinnate._ curved nearly into a circle. _Cirrhose._ having a very narrow hair-like wavy point. _Clavate._ club-shaped. _Columella._ the central pillar of caps. round which the spores are grouped. _Comal._ the large topmost leaves of some stems. _Complanate._ flat. _Convolute._ rolled together. Acuminate. taper-pointed. _Cucullate_ (_cucullus_). hooded. _Cuspidate._ with a short bristly point.

_Decurrent._ (of leaf.) running down the stem. _Dendroid._ tree-like. _Dentate._ toothed. _Denticulate._ with smaller teeth. _Diaphanous._ semi-transparent. _Dichotomous._ forked. _Dimidiate._ split up one side. _Dioicous._ barren and fertile flowers on different plants. _Distichous._ inserted in two opposite rows. _Divaricate._ widely spreading. _Dorsal._ at the back.

_Erose._ as if bitten or gnawed out. _Excurrent._ (of nerve.) continued beyond the apex of leaf. _Exserted._ standing out from the leaves.

_Falcate._ falchion-shaped, or much bent. _Fasciculate_ (stems or branches), of unequal height. _Fastigiate_ (stems or branches), reaching to same height. _Filiform._ thread-like. _Fugacious._ falling early.

_Gemmiform_ or _Gemmaceous_. like a bud. _Geniculate._ suddenly bent like the leg when kneeling. _Gibbous._ bunched or swelling out. _Granulate._ roughly dotted on surface. _Gregarious._ growing together, but not matted.

_Hamate, Hamulose._ bent like a hook. _Hyaline._ glassy. _Hygrometric_ (_Hygroscopic_). moving when moistened.

_Imbricate._ overlapping each other like tiles. _Immersed_ (of caps.) when almost buried in the leaves. _Inflexed._ bent inwards.

_Julaceous._ resembling a slender glossy worm.

_Lamina._ the blade of the leaf. _Lid._ the cover to the mouth of caps. _Ligulate._ strap-shaped. _Lingulate._ tongue-shaped.

_Mitriform_ (of calyp.) mitre-shaped, not split up the side. _Monoicous._ barren and fertile fl. on same plant, but not on same receptacle. _Mucro._ a short terminal point. _Mucronate._ terminated with a mucro. _Muriculate._ roughened with sharpish prominences. _Muticous._ without a point.

_Ochrea._ the filmy sheath surrounding base of seta.

_Pagina._ the blade of the leaf apart from the nerve. _Panduriform._ fiddle-shaped. _Papillose._ roughened with blunt roundish prominences. _Percurrent._ extending the entire length. _Perichætium._ the leafy involucre at base of seta, surrounding the vaginula in fertile fl. _Perigonium._ the leaves surrounding the barren fl. _Peristome._ the teeth at mouth of caps. covered by the lid before it falls. _Plicate._ furrowed. _Præmorse._ ending suddenly, as if bitten off. _Pyriform._ pear-shaped.

_Quadrate._ square.

_Radicles._ small rooting fibres. _Radiculose._ covered with radicles. _Rhizome._ a creeping subterranean stem. _Rhomboid (rhombus)._ an oblique square. _Rostellate._ with a very short beak. _Rostrate._ with a longer beak. _Rugose._ wrinkled or crumpled.

_Scariose._ dry and chaffy (opposed to tender and succulent). _Secund._ all turned to one side. _Seta._ the fruit-stalk. _Setaceous._ bristle-shaped. _Spathulate._ somewhat resembling a battle-door. _Strumose._ swollen at base. _Sub-._ in a slight degree; _e. g._ “sub-serrate” slightly serrate. _Subula._ an awl. _Subulate._ awl-shaped. _Sulcate._ furrowed. _Synoicous._ male and female fl. on same receptacle.

_Terete._ cylindrical. _Thæca._ the capsule. _Tomentose._ covered with down. _Truncate._ having the point cut off. _Tumid._ swollen. _Turbinate._ shaped like a peg-top.

_Vaginula._ the cellular sheath surrounding the base of the seta. _Vermicular._ narrow and wavy (like a worm). _Villi._ short leafy processes on the stem amongst the leaves. _Villous._ covered with villi.

_Uncinate._ bent like a hook. _Undulate._ wavy.

INDEX
TO GENERA AND SYNONYMS.

Amblyodon, 125

Amblystegium, 162

Anacalypta, 57

Andreæa, 21

Anodus, 38

Anœctangium, 139

Anomodon, 140

Antitrichia, 140

Archidium, 26

Arctoa, 39

Atrichum, 100

Aulacomnion, 105

_Barbula_, 66

Bartramia, 128

Bartramidula, 128

Blindia, 39

Brachyodus, 36

Brachythecium, 148

Bryum, 106

Buxbaumia, 99

Camptothecium, 147

Campylopus, 50

Campylostelium, 36

Catascopium, 132

Ceratodon, 49

Cinclidium, 124

Cinclidotus, 74

Climacium, 142

Conostomum, 132

Cryphæa, 184

Cylindrothecium, 142

Cynodontium, 39, 59

Daltonia, 184

_Desmatodon_, 58, 65

Dichelyma, 185

Dicranodontium, 44, 47, 49

_Dicranella_, 40, 63

Dicranum, 40

Didymodon, 58, 65

Diphyscium, 99

Discelium, 133

Dissodon, 134

Distichium, 58

_Ditrichum_, 62

_Dryptodon_, 86

Encalypta, 74

Entosthodon, 127

_Ephemerum_, 26

Eurynchium, 152

Fissidens, 135

Fontinalis, 185

Funaria, 126

Glyphomitrium, 88

Grimmia, 77

Gymnostomum, 31

Habrodon, 141

Hedwigia, 76

Hedwigidium, 77

Hookeria, 184

Hylocomium, 180

Hyocomium, 156

Hypnum, 143, 145
_eu_-Hypnum, 165

Isothecium, 142, 152

Leptobryum, 106

Leptodon, 140

Leskea, 143, 160, 163

Leucobryum, 49

Leucodon, 139

Meesia, 125

Mielichhoferia, 124

Mnium, 121

_Myurella_, 143

Neckera, 182

Œdipodium, 135

Oligotrichum, 101

Omalia, 182

Oncophorus, 188

Orthodontium, 106

Orthotrichum, 89

Paludella, 125

Phascum, 26

_Philonotis_, 129

Physcomitrium, 127

Plagiothecium, 160

Pogonatum, 101

Polytrichum, 102

Pottia, 55, 64

Pterogonium, 141

Ptychodium, 147

Ptychomitrium, 89

Racomitrium, 86

Rhabdoweissia, 36

Rhynchostegium, 157

_Schistidium_, 77

Schistostega, 135

Scleropodium, 151

Seligeria, 37

Sphagnum, 23

Splachnobryum, 189

Splachnum, 133

Stylostegium, 38

_Syntrichia_, 70

Tayloria, 134

Tetraphis, 98

Tetraplodon, 134

Tetrodontium, 99

Thamnium, 159

Thuyidium, 145

Timmia, 104

Tortola, 63, 74

Trichostomum, 50, 69, 73

Webera, 187

Weissia, 33

Zygodon, 97

B. BROWN, PRINTER, HUDDERSFIELD

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