. Manual of the mosses of North America [microform]. Mosses; Mousses. m mm â 111 iiii. f narrow or very largo, forming a solid in. g^iilurly erose dcnlate niargiii (outer j»eri,stonie of autiioi's). I. B. aphylla, Linn. Annulus very broad, as liigli ms tlic niiildlc ol tiiu inner peristonio ; outer jieristonie conijioscd of ])aU' irregular segments, slightly exeeeding the annulus; outer â wall of the eapsule detaehed hclow tlie oriiiee after the i'all of the lid, laeiniate and revolute.âAma'n. Aead. v. So, t. 1; liryol. Kur. t. 427 and '^- Hau. On (lie ground, cspecialiy of grani


. Manual of the mosses of North America [microform]. Mosses; Mousses. m mm â 111 iiii. f narrow or very largo, forming a solid in. g^iilurly erose dcnlate niargiii (outer j»eri,stonie of autiioi's). I. B. aphylla, Linn. Annulus very broad, as liigli ms tlic niiildlc ol tiiu inner peristonio ; outer jieristonie conijioscd of ])aU' irregular segments, slightly exeeeding the annulus; outer â wall of the eapsule detaehed hclow tlie oriiiee after the i'all of the lid, laeiniate and revolute.âAma'n. Aead. v. So, t. 1; liryol. Kur. t. 427 and '^- Hau. On (lie ground, cspecialiy of granite regions and mountains; 'Willie Mountains; Cusiale Mountains, etc. [Lyall). Skkiks TI. CLADOCAHri. Flowers terminal at the apex of short lateral branches. TuiHE XVI. Af|uatic mosses, with stems more or less branelung, bearing radich'S at their base only. Leaves thi'cc-i'anked, thin, smooth, ecostate ; retieulation slightly chloroithyllose; pericha'tial braiH'hes short, transformed at the apex into a vaginule ; peri- cluetium densely ind»ricate, sheathing. Calyjitra conical or eucullate, naked. Cai)sule sessile, cmersed. Peristome double, the outer of IG long teeth, transversely articulate, latticed on the inside, the inner of IG cilia united into a IG-carinate cone, latticed by transverse j)artitions. 100. FONTINALIS, Dill. (PI. 4.) riants floating in water, generally long. Stem irregularly brandling or fasciculate-ramose. Leaves very concave or acutely carinate, with a narrowly rhomboidal or vermicular aroolation -enera]lv enlarixed at the auriculate base. Flowei's dia'cious, small, with few antheridia, arehegonia and para])h ,ses. Annulus none. 1. F. antipyretica, Linn. Leaves broadly ovate, acumi- nate, entire, sharjily carinate-]»licate ; borders retiexed on one side toward tlie angular slightly auricular loosely areolate base, green when young, olive-cojoi- or blackish and often sj)lit along the keel v/hen old; areolation hcxagonal-rhomboida


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