. Manual of the mosses of North America [microform]. Mosses; Mousses. l-JlJionrrum.] 37 1. Plants siemlesSjfrom a more or less jjersistentprotlialliuni. 1. MICROMITRIUM, Aust. Plants scarcely visible without the ijlass. Leaves ccostato. Inflorescence syna'cious. Capsule globose, apiculate or j)oint- less. Calyptra very small, closely adherent. Spores few, large. Scarcely distinct from Ephemcriun. 1. M. megalosporum, Aust. Leaves broadly ovate lanceolate, obtusely serrate : cai)sule jtalc, globose, a})iculatoj vaginule large, ovate, truncate; calyi)tra coticentric: spores nearly smoo


. Manual of the mosses of North America [microform]. Mosses; Mousses. l-JlJionrrum.] 37 1. Plants siemlesSjfrom a more or less jjersistentprotlialliuni. 1. MICROMITRIUM, Aust. Plants scarcely visible without the ijlass. Leaves ccostato. Inflorescence syna'cious. Capsule globose, apiculate or j)oint- less. Calyptra very small, closely adherent. Spores few, large. Scarcely distinct from Ephemcriun. 1. M. megalosporum, Aust. Leaves broadly ovate lanceolate, obtusely serrate : cai)sule jtalc, globose, a})iculatoj vaginule large, ovate, truncate; calyi)tra coticentric: spores nearly smooth. â Muse. Ajipal, n. 47 ; Sulliv. Icon. ]Musc. 8ui>pl. 'JO, J'Jj)he)ner(nn teiicrxm^ Hruch ; IJryol. Eur. Xano- â mitruitn tenerum^ Lindl). Manij>. Muse. ii. 401). ILvn. On broken clayey i^round, with the following; very rare [Austin). Ii. M. Austini, Aust. Leaves ojien, recurved, lingulate- lanccolate, remotely serrate in the npj)er ])art: capsule apicu- late; calyptra concentric: si)orcs slightly pai)illose, of \ the diameter of the jtreceding. â Muse. ^\ppal. n. 45; Sulliv. Icon. Muse, Supj)!. 21, t. 12. KphomcA'ina Aastini, SuHiv. Ms. IIa]?. Wet ground in woods; Closter, New Jersey [An din). 3. M. synoicum, Aust. Much like the last: leaves longer, more distant, erect, obscurely serrulate: ca^.sule pointless, sometimes in pairs in the same ])erici:.'etium; calyptra gen- erally excentric or on one side of the capsule: spores a little smaller and papillose. â 31 use. Appal, n. 4G; Sulliv. Icon. Muse. Snppl. 22, t. l-J. Kphemer}i,ii synoicwn, James, Trans. Am. Phil. Soc. (18Go), lOG; Sulliv. & Lesq. Muse. (2 ed.), n. 27. IlAii. Sides of ditches in clayey ground near Camden, New Jersey, and around Philadelphia [James). 2. EPHEMERUM, Ilampe. Pseudo-dia'cious. Flowers gemniiform; female buds gre- garious upon the same [u-othallium. Calyj)tra campanulate. Capsule globose-ovate, apiculate. Leaves nerved, except in the first species. Plants sligh


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