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n. - An order of mosses with the spore case separated from the capsule walls.

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  • Bryales depend mainly on the construction of the peristome.
  • The former subdivision of the Bryales into Musci Cleistocarpi and Musci
  • This isolated example thus appears to approach the Bryales in its mode of dehiscence.
  • The development of the sporogonium proceeds as in the Bryales, but the dome-shaped archesporium extends over the summit of the columella and an air-space is wanting.
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