. Handbook of nature-study for teachers and parents, based on the Cornell nature-study leaflets. Nature study. Flowerless-Plant Study 703 In early June the mossy knoll shows us the origin of the name pigeon grass or pigeon wheat, for it is then covered with a forest of shining, ruddy, stiff, little stems, each stem bearing on its tip a woolly object about the. Hair-cap moss. 1, fruit-bearing moss stem before fertilization; la, the same stem after fruit is developed; a, where the ovule was before fertilization; 6, fruit stem; c, spore-capsule with cap or veil upon it. 2, stem showing the star-
. Handbook of nature-study for teachers and parents, based on the Cornell nature-study leaflets. Nature study. Flowerless-Plant Study 703 In early June the mossy knoll shows us the origin of the name pigeon grass or pigeon wheat, for it is then covered with a forest of shining, ruddy, stiff, little stems, each stem bearing on its tip a woolly object about the. Hair-cap moss. 1, fruit-bearing moss stem before fertilization; la, the same stem after fruit is developed; a, where the ovule was before fertilization; 6, fruit stem; c, spore-capsule with cap or veil upon it. 2, stem showing the star- like cups; d, the cup in which was developed the pollen which fertilized the ovule at a, this year; e, last year's cup; /, the cup of year before last; only the leaves from e to d are alive. 3, spore capsule with the cap re- moved, showing the lid. 5, the cap or veil removed. 4, spore capsule with lid ofE and shaking out the spores. 6, starlike cup in which the pollen is developed. 7, leaf of moss; 8, the top of the spore capsule showing the teeth around the edge between which the spores sift out. 9, a part of a necklace chain made of the spore capsules and their 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 Comstock, Anna Botsford, 1854-1930. Ithaca, N. Y. , Comstock Publishing Company
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