. 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. 194 MOSSES WITH A HAND-LENS. Nerve. See casta. Oblong, broad, of the same width at both ends and longer than broad. Ochrea, a thin sheath around the base of the seta, terminat- ing the vaginula. Obsphere, the egg-cell or ovum found in the base of the arche- gonium. (Fig. 5.) After fertilization, by union with the anthero- zoid, it develops into the sporophyte. Operculum, the lid which closes the capsule and, falling, per- mits the spores to escape
. 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. 194 MOSSES WITH A HAND-LENS. Nerve. See casta. Oblong, broad, of the same width at both ends and longer than broad. Ochrea, a thin sheath around the base of the seta, terminat- ing the vaginula. Obsphere, the egg-cell or ovum found in the base of the arche- gonium. (Fig. 5.) After fertilization, by union with the anthero- zoid, it develops into the sporophyte. Operculum, the lid which closes the capsule and, falling, per- mits the spores to escape. (Figs. 8, 12, and 21.) Ovate, shaped like lengthwise section of an egg, always broadest a little above the base. Pachydermous, thick-skinned; applied to the walls of capsules or to cells when firm and resisting. Papillae, minute rounded or acute protu- berances. Papillose, rough with papillae. (Seta), Fig. 23. rough with small rounded or acute protuber- ;s. (Fig 23.) Paraphyllia, minute leaf-like or much-branched organs among the leaves. (Fig. 24. E. g., Thuid- ium. Paroicous, having its male and female organs in the same cluster, but not mixed, the antheridia be- ing in the axils of the perichsetial bracts below the archegonia. (Fig. 26.) Patent, spreading at an angle of 26°-4S° (Braithwaite) ; spreading at an angle of 45° or more (Dixon). Patulous, more widely spreading than patent. Pedicel. See seta. Pendulous, somewhat hanging or drooping; more so than in cernuous. (Fig. 21.) Percurrent casta, beyond. Perianth, the inner, usually saclike structure surrounding the base of the seta in Hepatics. (See Marchantia.) Perichaetial. See bracts. Fig. Fig. Fig. 26. reaching to the apex of the leaf, but not. 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.
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