. Manual of the mosses of North America [microform]. Mosses; Mousses. .r M Bryum.] BRYACE^E. 237 84. B. Californicum, Sulliv. Densely ccspitoso ; stems and innovations very sliort, biilbifonn : lower leaves distant, imbricate, the npper densely crowded in small globose heads, concave, siibqiiadratc-ovate, short-apiculate ; borders entire and flat; costa ccjntinuing to the apex: capsule dark red, oblong, j)enn confoundeil with 7?. calopfn/Uxm, from which it differs in its broader softer and more loo'-ely areolate leaves, in the in- florescence, and the regular double pmistome of a BryniUy the s
. Manual of the mosses of North America [microform]. Mosses; Mousses. .r M Bryum.] BRYACE^E. 237 84. B. Californicum, Sulliv. Densely ccspitoso ; stems and innovations very sliort, biilbifonn : lower leaves distant, imbricate, the npper densely crowded in small globose heads, concave, siibqiiadratc-ovate, short-apiculate ; borders entire and flat; costa ccjntinuing to the apex: capsule dark red, oblong, j)enn confoundeil with 7?. calopfn/Uxm, from which it differs in its broader softer and more loo'-ely areolate leaves, in the in- florescence, and the regular double pmistome of a BryniUy the segments being separated by appendiculate cilia. 80. B. pallens, Swartz. Tufts short, soft, purplish yellow : lower leaves remote, open or recurved, ovate-lanceolate, !tcuu)i- nate, decurrcnt at base, the upj)er close, tufted, oblong-acumi- nate, and niucronate by the excurrent costa, all surrounded by a narrow margin composed of two rows of cells; borders ])lane in the upper part, teilexed near the base: male ]dants more slender: capsule inclined, more rarely pendent, often cernuous or inciu'ved, rarely regular, long-necked ami pyriform, soft, yel- lowish or brown, erect when diy, not constricted under the -h. 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 Lesquereux, Leo, 1806-1889; James, Thomas P. (Thomas Potts), 1803-1882. Boston : S. E. Cassino
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