. Mosses with a hand-lens; a non-technical handbook of the more common and more easily recognized mosses of the north-eastern United States. Mosses. MOSSES WITH A HAND-LENS 133 Two other species of Brachythecium are treated elsewhere (pp. 121 and 139).. Figure 66. I^eaves and leaf base of Brachythecium populsum (From Bry. Eur.). The Beaked Mosses. As has been previously stated, the Beaked Mosses (Eurhyn- chiuui, Rhynchostegium, and Cirriphylluw) are very closely allied to Brachythecium, differing mainly in the long-beaked oper- culum. One of these, the Beaked Water Moss, has already been descr


. Mosses with a hand-lens; a non-technical handbook of the more common and more easily recognized mosses of the north-eastern United States. Mosses. MOSSES WITH A HAND-LENS 133 Two other species of Brachythecium are treated elsewhere (pp. 121 and 139).. Figure 66. I^eaves and leaf base of Brachythecium populsum (From Bry. Eur.). The Beaked Mosses. As has been previously stated, the Beaked Mosses (Eurhyn- chiuui, Rhynchostegium, and Cirriphylluw) are very closely allied to Brachythecium, differing mainly in the long-beaked oper- culum. One of these, the Beaked Water Moss, has already been described on page 129. There are several species of Beaked Mosses that belong in the genus Eurliynchium that are fairly common, but it is doubtful if they can be accurately determined without the aid of the com- pound microscope. EuRHYNCHiuM HiANS (Hedw.) J. & S., the Light Beaked Moss, is very common on sandy soil in the lowlands. It is abundant in the public parks of Brooklyn, but rarely fruits there. It prefers damp places, not wet. The leaves spread so that the branches appear flattened in a horizontal plane. When fresh, the color is a peculiar shining light yellow-green. The branch leaves are usually bluntly acute. The capsules are produced sparingly, maturing in Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Grout, Abel Joel, 1867-. New York, The Author and The O. T. Louis Company


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