Of the nature of, consisting of, sphagnum.

Characteristic of, related to, Splachnum, a genus of mosses of elegant form and colour.

Of a moss: bearing archegonia or capsules at the end or top of the primary axis; terminal-fruited. Cf. pleurocarpous, adj.

Belonging or akin to the genus Hypnum.

Pertaining to the family Lycopodiaceæ, of which lycopodium, n. is the typical genus.

Having no mouth, astomatous; applied chiefly in Botany to those Mosses in which the urn does not open by the detachment of the operculum.

Of mosses: bearing archegonia or capsules on short lateral branches. Cf. acrocarpous, adj.

Naked-mouthed; applied to those mosses in which the mouth of the sporangium has no peristome.

= sphagnous, adj. 1.

(see quot. 1863).

= systylious, adj.

epithet of certain mosses, forming the division Stegocarpi, characterized by having an operculate capsule.

In mosses: (of the operculum or lid of a sporangium) remaining fixed to the columella. Cf. systylous, adj. 2.

having three opercula (see operculum, n.).

Having or bearing only megasporangia.