. The natural history of plants, their forms, growth, reproduction, and distribution;. Botany. BRYOPHYTA. 701 elongation of the axis of the female shoot taking place in the region immediately below the group of archegonia. The capsule is thus hoisted up on a long stalk, though this stalk is no part of the sporogonium (c/. fig. 397 ^^). The remains of the Bog-mosses form an important constituent of peat. Andreceacece.—A small family, including the single genus, Andrecea. They are amongst the first settlers upon new and inhospitable rock-surfaces, and play an important part as soil-formers (c/.
. The natural history of plants, their forms, growth, reproduction, and distribution;. Botany. BRYOPHYTA. 701 elongation of the axis of the female shoot taking place in the region immediately below the group of archegonia. The capsule is thus hoisted up on a long stalk, though this stalk is no part of the sporogonium (c/. fig. 397 ^^). The remains of the Bog-mosses form an important constituent of peat. Andreceacece.—A small family, including the single genus, Andrecea. They are amongst the first settlers upon new and inhospitable rock-surfaces, and play an important part as soil-formers (c/. vol. i. p. 266). In them the mode of bursting of the spore-capsule is altogether peculiar amongst Mosses. Four longitudinal sHta. 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 Kerner von Marilaun, Anton, 1831-1898; Oliver, F. W. (Francis Wall), 1864-1951; Busk, Marian (Balfour) Lady, 1861-1941; Macdonald, Mary Frances (Ewart); Kerner von Marilaun, Anton, 1831-1898. Pflanzenleben. English. New York, H. Holt and Company
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