. 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. asplenoides. but perianths can be found in autumn. The "perianth is oblong, narrowed at base, ; Common on moist soil and stones in woods, particularly- near brooks, strongly resembling some of the creeping stems of some species of Mnium. There is a form of this species rather common in drier places that has the leaves nearly entire and has passed as a different species under the name of P. porelloides. This is now con- End &quo
. 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. asplenoides. but perianths can be found in autumn. The "perianth is oblong, narrowed at base, ; Common on moist soil and stones in woods, particularly- near brooks, strongly resembling some of the creeping stems of some species of Mnium. There is a form of this species rather common in drier places that has the leaves nearly entire and has passed as a different species under the name of P. porelloides. This is now con- End "oT*bra'n'ch sidered but a form of P. asplenoides, Plagiochila ?K? uTdSe of braS which, varies greatly and will be col- >< 4- lected for something else several times before the student gets to know it thoroughly. GEOCALYX. G. GRAVEOLENS (Schrad.) Nees. is our only species. It gets its specific name from the fact that it has an underground in- volucre much like that of Kantia, which it somewhat resembles in habit and gross appearance, but its leaves are subrectangular and very deeply two-toothed at the ends as shown in the figure. The underleaves are present, but so small as to be made out with difficulty wiih a lens. The spores are ripe in May, but the perianths are present in sum- Figure iio. graveolens: plant natural size; two pairs of leaves with under leaves; part of stem with an underleaf; sec- tion of Involucre showing caljrptra and base of pedicel; dehiscent capsule, elaters and spores. (After SulHvant.) LOPHOCOLEA. The Lophocoleas are very similar in habit and size to Geocalyx, but their underleaves are larger and the perianths are borne on the end of a stem or primary branch. The leafy stems in the species treated are about tV of an inch wide in both 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 perfectl
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