. 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-LfiNS A. APicuLATus B. & S., the Common Anomodon, and A. minor (P. Beauv.) Puern., the B'.unt-leaved Anomodon, resemb'e each other so closely that it is not easy to distinguish them without a compound microscope. Both have simple blunt branches and grow al- most exclusively on trees. A. ATTENUATus (Schreb.) Hueben,, the Slender Anomo- don, grows freely on rocks as well as trees; its branches are slender and tapering, and fre
. 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-LfiNS A. APicuLATus B. & S., the Common Anomodon, and A. minor (P. Beauv.) Puern., the B'.unt-leaved Anomodon, resemb'e each other so closely that it is not easy to distinguish them without a compound microscope. Both have simple blunt branches and grow al- most exclusively on trees. A. ATTENUATus (Schreb.) Hueben,, the Slender Anomo- don, grows freely on rocks as well as trees; its branches are slender and tapering, and freely branched. It almost never fruits. A. ROSTRATUS (Hedw.) Schimp. grows in dense mats like a very coarse velvet. It is found in wet places particularly at the foot of trees in swamps, growing on the ground rather than the tree. It is also common at the base of wet cliffs and on wet rocks where a little soil has collected. The leaves are different from those of any of the other species and are easily recog- nized when mounted, by the shape and the hair- like apex. The spores are ripe in late Figure 48. a, Anomodon ai>i- culatus X -2- b, Capsules X 10. c, Leaf X 10. d, Branch of A. attenuatus, moist, X ^. THELIA. ThELIA HIETELtA (Hedw.) Sulliv., the Common Thelia, is very common in the southern and coastwise portion of. 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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