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In the botanical system of Linnæus mosses were placed among the Cryptogamic plants. It is true that the various parts of their fruit are so small as only to be fully examined by the help of a microscope, but the flower and fruit as a whole may on most species be easily seen.

— Frances Elizabeth Tripp British Mosses, Their Homes, Aspects, Structure, and Uses (1868)

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