. Botany for ladies; or, A popular introduction to the natural system of plants, according to the classification of De Candolle. Plants -- Classification. 466 MUSCI. [part II. ORDER CCXVI MUSCI.—THE MOSS TRIBE. The Mosses have fibrous roots, and slender wiry stems, densely covered with leaves, which are very small, and laid over each other like scales (see a mjig. 149). The theca {g) is urn-. FiG. 149.—C'ryptogamous Plants shaped, and it is produced singly ; in most cases, on a long, slender, wiry stem, called a seta, which signifies a bristle, but sometimes without any stalk. It always spring
. Botany for ladies; or, A popular introduction to the natural system of plants, according to the classification of De Candolle. Plants -- Classification. 466 MUSCI. [part II. ORDER CCXVI MUSCI.—THE MOSS TRIBE. The Mosses have fibrous roots, and slender wiry stems, densely covered with leaves, which are very small, and laid over each other like scales (see a mjig. 149). The theca {g) is urn-. FiG. 149.—C'ryptogamous Plants shaped, and it is produced singly ; in most cases, on a long, slender, wiry stem, called a seta, which signifies a bristle, but sometimes without any stalk. It always springs from a tuft of leaves, differing both in size and shape from ordinary leaves, which form what is sometimes called the perichsetium. Among these may occasionally be seen a few stalks, resembling the Lichen called Cup-moss, which terminates in a kind of cup, and thickened at the base. The cups and upper parts soon die away, and the thicker part left among the leaves swells, and. 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 Loudon, Mrs. (Jane), 1807-1858. London, J. Murray
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