. 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 39 ONCOPHORUS. (Cynodontium Schimper). The species of this genus are as a rule alpine or subalpine, but one of the number, O. WahlEnberGii Brid. is frequent enough to warrant mention here. This is a pretty little moss growing on rocks and soil in cool situations in or near the mountains. Its crisped spreading leaves, somewhat resembling Dicranum fuscescens in appearance, with their suddenly dilated bases, and the arcuate, s
. 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 39 ONCOPHORUS. (Cynodontium Schimper). The species of this genus are as a rule alpine or subalpine, but one of the number, O. WahlEnberGii Brid. is frequent enough to warrant mention here. This is a pretty little moss growing on rocks and soil in cool situations in or near the mountains. Its crisped spreading leaves, somewhat resembling Dicranum fuscescens in appearance, with their suddenly dilated bases, and the arcuate, smooth or irregularly-wrinkled, plainly strumose capsule render it easy of recognition by one who has ever seen it before. CERATODON Brid. C. PURPUREUS (L.) Brid., our only species, is one of the commonest of all our mosses. It is found on the edges of paths, roofs of old buildings, sand by the seashore, and in general any barren compact soil is its favorite habitat. The plants are short and grow close together, forming dense thin mats of dark green. The lance- like young sporophytes appear early in spring as soon as the snow is melted. By the middle of the summer the capsules often decay beyond recognition and the seta breaks from the plant at the touch. Unless one has become familiar with Ceratodon it is not always easy to recognize it without mature Figure 14. Capsule X13, leaf X 10, and leaf cells X 200 ot Oncophorits 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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