. 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. MOSSES WITH A HAND-LENS 137 Pylaisia seems to be favored by most botanists in spite of technical objections, so Pylaisiella is dropped in this edition. li^er^B^. Figure 70. Pylaisia Schimperi X 10, wet and dry; leaf X 20; capsule X 10. ENTODON.* The Entodons have erect symmetric capsules, ecostate, very concave leaves and a beautiful glossy yellow-green color that enables one to recognize them without much trouble. The ma- jority of the species ar
. 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. MOSSES WITH A HAND-LENS 137 Pylaisia seems to be favored by most botanists in spite of technical objections, so Pylaisiella is dropped in this edition. li^er^B^. Figure 70. Pylaisia Schimperi X 10, wet and dry; leaf X 20; capsule X 10. ENTODON.* The Entodons have erect symmetric capsules, ecostate, very concave leaves and a beautiful glossy yellow-green color that enables one to recognize them without much trouble. The ma- jority of the species are flattened, but have the appearance of being pressed flat instead of having the leaves apparently two- ranked as in Plagiothecium. E. SBDucTRix (Hedw.) C. Muell., the Round-stemmed Ento- don, is probably the most common species in the southern portion of our range. The stems and branches are round and julaceous with closely imbricated leaves. It grows on rotten wood, soil, moist rocks, bark of trees, etc. E. CLADOREHizANS (Hedw.) C. Muell., the Flat-stemmed En- todon, is nearly always found on decayed wood, rarely on soil rich in humus. Its strongly flattened stem and branches easily distinguish it from the Round-stemmed Entodon. This charac- ter, together with the peculiar color characteristic of the genus, will differentiate it from species belonging to other genera. There are a number of n*her American species of Entodon that resemble the Flat-stemniLd Entodon, but they are rare and not likely to be met with. The leaves of both species are very con- cave, but those of the Flat-stemmed Entodon are larger. Both species mature their capsules in autumn or early winter. *Bntodon C. Mnell = CyUndroihecium 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
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