. 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. Figure 80. Conocephalum conicum (After Bischoff.). Figure 81. Lunularia cruciata (After Cischofif.) LUNULARIA. L. CRUCIATA (L.) Dum. Any one who has ever had to do with green houses must have noted the beautiful green thalli of this plant. Small plants are sometimes mistaken for large fern prothallia, but the crescent shaped receptacles filled with gemmae are abundant on all the larger plants and render them easy of recognition. This plant is in-
. 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. Figure 80. Conocephalum conicum (After Bischoff.). Figure 81. Lunularia cruciata (After Cischofif.) LUNULARIA. L. CRUCIATA (L.) Dum. Any one who has ever had to do with green houses must have noted the beautiful green thalli of this plant. Small plants are sometimes mistaken for large fern prothallia, but the crescent shaped receptacles filled with gemmae are abundant on all the larger plants and render them easy of recognition. This plant is in- troduced from Europe and has but once been reported as fruiting in this country. (Bryologist, Sept., 1902.) ASTERELLA. A. TENELLA (L.) P. de Beauv. (Fimbriaria tenella Nees.) is fairly common on damp earth. The sterile fronds are often dichotomously branched and reach nearly an inch in length. The thallus is purple on the margins and has purple scales under-. 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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