. 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 27 The Wavy Catharinea is one of the very common mosses, occurring everywhere in eastern North America. It seems to be rather rare on Long Island, but in most parts of the country it is exceedingly common. It grows best on moist shady banks of brooks. It can easily be recognized by its long slender slightly curved capsules, leaves strongly crisped when dry, and the narrow midrib due to few and short lamellae. (See glossary)
. 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 27 The Wavy Catharinea is one of the very common mosses, occurring everywhere in eastern North America. It seems to be rather rare on Long Island, but in most parts of the country it is exceedingly common. It grows best on moist shady banks of brooks. It can easily be recognized by its long slender slightly curved capsules, leaves strongly crisped when dry, and the narrow midrib due to few and short lamellae. (See glossary). C. ANGUSTATA Brid., Narrow-leaved Catharinea, resembles the Wavy Catharinea very closely, but grows in dryer, more sandy soil, and is usually much smaller with narrower straighter capsules, as shown in the cut. The only sure way to distinguish them is by the leaves. The differences are shown in the cut. Although the leaf of the Narrow-leaved Catharinea is narrower, the midrib is much broader, constituting one-third to one-quarter the breadth of the leaf. C. CRISPA James is a rare species in most parts of the country, but it is common in swamps along the south shore of Long Island. It will prob- ably be found fairly common along the Middle Atlantic coast. Its leaves are oval-oblong, thrice as broad in proportion to their length as those of C. un- dulata, not at all wavy when moist, and not spinose upon the hack; the lamellse appear as darker lines on the costa, but do not materially increase its apparent width. The capsule is much shorter than in either of the other species. When sterile, this species is almost sure to be mistaken for a FiGUKS 5. Catharinea crispa, x 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. T. Louis Company
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