. Mosses with hand-lens and microscope : a non-technical hand-book of the more common mosses of the northeastern United States. foundin company with F. /tixifolius,and when fruiting can be seenif held near the eye by reasonof its red peristome. F. Closteri Aust. is siutil/crand has been collected butonce. This was by Mr. Austinon the ground at Closter, There are only two or threepairs of non-bordered stronglycostate leaves. F. grandifrons Brid. has avery wide geographical distri-bution, but has not been foundin fruit except in the HimalayaMountains. It is found in verywet places, often in
. Mosses with hand-lens and microscope : a non-technical hand-book of the more common mosses of the northeastern United States. foundin company with F. /tixifolius,and when fruiting can be seenif held near the eye by reasonof its red peristome. F. Closteri Aust. is siutil/crand has been collected butonce. This was by Mr. Austinon the ground at Closter, There are only two or threepairs of non-bordered stronglycostate leaves. F. grandifrons Brid. has avery wide geographical distri-bution, but has not been foundin fruit except in the HimalayaMountains. It is found in verywet places, often in tricklingwater. The water in which itgrows always coiitaiits more or /esslime in solution. The leaves areso opaque that one familiar withother species of Fissiiiens neednot make sections of the leavesto be sure of their structure. F. Julianas (Savi.) Schimp. needs no description beyond its aquatic habitatand its Fontinalis-like habit. It is widely distributed in the United States. Ihave collected it in a small brook near Kingsbridge, New York Citv- The degenerate peristome of this species seems clearly due to its aquatic. Figure 28 F. grandifrons. zx. Cross section of stem. 4/;. Areolation of leaf. The other figures are self-explanatory. (Bry. Eur.)
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